Several assailants attacked a Jewish man on a New York subway last Friday:
Friday’s altercation on the Q train began when somebody yelled out “Merry Christmas,” to which rider Walter Adler responded, “Happy Hanukkah,” said Toba Hellerstein.
“Almost immediately, you see the look in this guy’s face like I’ve called his mother something,” Adler told CNN affiliate WABC.Two women who were with a group of 10 rowdy people then began to verbally assault Adler’s companions with anti-Semitic language, Hellerstein said.
One member of the group allegedly yelled, “Oh, Hanukkah. That’s the day that the Jews killed Jesus,” she said.
When Adler tried to intercede, a male member of the group punched him, she said.
Another passenger, Hassan Askari—a Muslim student from Bangladesh—came to Adler’s aid, and the group began physically and verbally assaulting him, Hellerstein said.
One wonders: How many self-professed Christians were among those who attacked Adler? How many self-professed Christians were among those who stood by and did nothing during the attack?
Once more, children: Religions, in and of themselves, do not commit crimes and atrocities. People do.
(Hat tip: Pharyngula)
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