“Anyone who terrorizes our Jewish community WILL face justice.”In the latest incident, police arrested a woman Friday morning who said she slapped three other women between the ages of 22 to 31 because she thought the women were Jewish, NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told reporters on Friday. The incident happened just past midnight in Crown Heights.On Thursday, a 34-year-old Jewish woman was slapped in the face with a shopping bag by a 42-year-old woman in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. The 42-year-old used explicit language that targeted the Jewish woman, Harrison said Friday. Surveillance cameras captured the incident, according to the site.On Saturday night, The Jewish Agency released a statement, saying that “the rapid-fire pace of antisemitic incidents in New York is most certainly alarming. The Jewish Agency is closely monitoring the situation and commends Mayor de Blasio for his swift action in tackling this scourge of hatred.

Source: The Local December 28, 2019 17:00 UTC