An Orthodox man walking to his car in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn was on the receiving end of New York’s post-election hate crime wave, as teens pelted him with ice and shouted at “South Side Jew” at him.
“Two kids, they [were] yelling ‘South Side Jew,’” the unidentified victim, who said the episode on the cross of South Fifth and Rodney Streets, told DNAInfo. “I don’t know what that means.” The epithet might have been a reference to the southern portion of Williamsburg, which is home to a large Hasidic Jewish community.
Orthodox Man Pelted With Ice in Williamsburg Hate Crime
Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, but have not made any arrests. Since Trump’s election victory, the New York Police Department has documented a disturbing spike in bias incidents, up more than a third this November.
Many hate crimes have been targeted at Jews, with swastika graffiti found in several Brooklyn parks, on a No. 1 train subway car and in the home of a Jewish state legislator.
Orthodox Man Pelted With Ice in Williamsburg Hate Crime
Contact Daniel J. Solomon at solomon@forward.com or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon](www.twitter.com/DanielJSolomon)
This story "Orthodox Man Called ‘South Side Jew’ in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Hate Crime" was written by Daniel J. Solomon.
Author
Daniel J. Solomon
Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.
