An Israeli IDF lecturer was violently attacked in New York for wearing a kippah, exposing the alarming rise of global antisemitism amid unchecked anti-Israel incitement.
In a shocking act of antisemitic violence in the heart of Manhattan, Rami Glikstein, a 58-year-old Israeli educator and respected IDF lecturer, was viciously attacked while walking with his family to the kosher restaurant Mr. Broadway.
According to Ynet, the assailant confronted Glikstein, pointed at his kippah, and demanded, “Tell me what your religion is.” When Glikstein tried to avoid confrontation, the attacker snatched his kippah, spat on it, and struck him brutally in the face, leaving him injured and shaken. He was later hospitalized for treatment.
Israel’s Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, condemned the attack in the strongest terms, calling it “a direct result of the relentless global incitement against Jews and Israel — including right here in the United States.”
Akunis warned that the spread of blood libels and pro-terror propaganda, particularly since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, has emboldened extremists worldwide. “Every American leader must condemn this without hesitation,” he declared. “Silence in the face of antisemitism is complicity.”
The attack has reignited debate over rising Jew-hatred in Western cities, where anti-Israel demonstrations have increasingly crossed into open calls for violence. For many, Glikstein’s ordeal is not an isolated incident but a chilling reminder that Jewish visibility — even a simple kippah — has become a target of hate in 2025’s toxic climate of misinformation and radicalization.
