Isolated attacks on Jews distract us from the bigger threats
What strikes a viewer of the videos is the sheer ferociousness of the attackers. Their victims don’t provoke them in any way, but they attack with sheer brutality, striking out with maximum force.
Pedestrians walk past a yeshiva in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 9, 2019.(photo credit: DREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES)ByRABBI AVI SHAFRAN/JTA