NYC: Orthodox Jewish Woman Shot in the Head; Saved by Her Wig

Jewish woman shot in the head in Brooklyn, but escapes injury thanks to her wig

By: WIN Staff

An Orthodox Jewish woman in Brooklyn was shot in the head by a gun firing some kind of bead projectiles, but escaped unscathed, police say, thanks to her wig.

The incident occurred in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Saturday night, at approximately 7:20 p.m.

The victim, a 21-year-old Brooklyn woman, was standing at the corner of Ross Street and Bedford Avenue, when a dark-colored car approached her.

A passenger in the rear seat lower the window, pulled out a weapon, and opened fire on the woman.

Projectiles, described by police as some kind of beads, struck the woman in the head. The projectiles struck the woman’s wig, part of traditional Orthodox Jewish attire.

The victim suffered no injuries.

New York City Police say the woman’s wig absorbed the blow of the projectiles, saving her from potential injury.

After the passenger opened fire, the suspects fled the scene.

Saturday’s shooting is the latest violent attack against Orthodox Jewish residents of Brooklyn.

In July, an Orthodox Jewish man was beaten by a pair of assailants in Crown Heights.

There have been numerous attacks recently on visibly Jewish men in New York City, which has seen anti-Semitic assaults skyrocket over the last year. In a span of one week in May, one man was attacked while walking with his children in Williamsburg, and another was also assaulted in Crown Heights.

In a third case, a young man was punched by two teenaged assailants while walking on a Flatbush street after he refused to say “Free Palestine.” The two were arrested in June and charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime.

In other news related to the Orthodox Jewish community in New York, World Israel News also reported that the city’s mayor, Eric Adams has promised to deliver on a probe started by his predecessor, Bill de Blasio, into the Hasidic Orthodox school system after the New York Times published a bombshell investigation on Sunday criticizing its secular education curriculum.

De Blasio launched an investigation in 2015, but it was discontinued through the pandemic, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported.

According to state law, all private schools are required to teach subjects “substantially equivalent” to those offered in public schools.

A spokesman for Adams told the Times that the investigation would resume and that “he believed schools should be culturally sensitive and meet high standards.”

Sunday’s investigative piece, which was over a year in the making, documented test scores, public records, and testimonies from hundreds of people with ties to Hasidic schools, including former students and staff.

The article, published in both English and Yiddish, concluded that the students are “suffering from levels of educational deprivation.”

Only nine schools of some 100 investigated were found to test at grade level, the report said. Many of them don’t provide instruction in math, science or English.

Adams enjoys broad support from the Hasidic community and his senior adviser, Joel Eisdorfer, is a Hasidic Jew.

According to his spokesman, however, “the mayor’s decisions are not influenced by political support.”

Adams told reporters on Monday that he was “not concerned about the findings of the article.”

“I want a thorough investigation. I want an independent review and that’s what the city has to do. And we’re going to look at that,” the mayor was quoted by Spectrum News NY1 saying.

(WorldIsraelNews.com)