Dov Hikind, who was first elected in 1982, is one of the longest serving members of the New York State Assembly. Dov is also a lifelong Jewish activist, having been a prominent member of Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Jewish Defense League in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Photo Credit: New York State Assembly|Orthodox Jewish men in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Serge Attal/Flash90.|Surveillance video shows one man walking near Rodney and Marcy streets in Williamsburg when someone runs up and strikes him so hard, his hat flies off his head and he is nearly knocked over. Photo Credit: NYPD|The brave anti-Nazi German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.” Here’s the kicker, though. Not only are so many “good people” silent about anti-Semitism, but so many Jews! Photo Credit: You Tube
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg granted Naseem Awadeh, who along with several others tried to kill Joseph Borgen near Times Square in May 2021, a plea deal with a six-month sentence, despite Awadeh saying he would do it again if he had the chance.
This is what a failure of justice in New York City looks like today when it comes to prosecuting anti-Jewish hate crimes, says former New York State assemblyman Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism.
