On a solemn Jewish day of mourning, two visibly Jewish men were stabbed near Central Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, their identities apparently marking them as targets in what city officials are treating as an antisemitic hate crime. The attack — carried out with a screwdriver by a suspect now in custody — has reopened urgent questions about the safety of Jewish life in America's largest city. That it fell on Tisha B'Av, a date already weighted with centuries of Jewish grief, lends the violence a symbolic gravity that community leaders have not overlooked.
Two Visibly Jewish Men Stabbed in Upper West Side Attack; Suspect in Custody
Two men stabbed and hospitalized with torso wounds in what officials characterize as a hate crime targeting visibly Jewish individuals.