A man was arrested after an alleged assault with a wooden stick outside the Silver Spring Jewish Center, a Frum Shul in Maryland’s Kemp Mill neighborhood, on Monday.
According to statements from witnesses and photos posted on a local Jewish group chat, which was shared with JNS, the man struck two Jews who left the building. The Shul is part of a complex that includes a day school and nursery, for children from age 2 until second grade. The latter has an armed guard.
Images shared on the chat show a man holding a wooden stake with a pointed edge walking on the street and, subsequently, being handcuffed by multiple Montgomery County Police Department officers wearing blue gloves.
Posts on the chat suggested that the victims were OK. Some posters wrote that the man had mental health issues.
JNS sought a copy of the incident report from Montgomery County police and asked the department for comment on whether Jews are safe in the county, which has a large Jewish population.
(JNS)
While it is understandable that readers may have interest in knowing more about the type of institution that was targeted, the sooner we remember that the Nazis didn’t differentiate among those with Jewish ancestry and neither do modern day antisemites, the better off we will be. Ahavas chinam is likely a big part of the antidote for an awful lot of what we are ALL going through
This is not a weapon at all.