Assault on an Orthodox teenager follows riot at high school, rabbi's baseball-bat beating

[Ian David]

Lakewood attack called bias crime
Assault on an Orthodox teenager follows riot at high school, rabbi's baseball-bat beating
Monday, November 19, 2007
BY RALPH R. ORTEGA
Star-Ledger Staff

A 14-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy was jumped from behind while walking home in Lakewood this weekend, according to police, who labeled the attack a bias crime.

The teenager was punched and kicked by about five or six "African-American men or youth," who uttered several words, including "Jew," just before the attack at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ocean County township, police Sgt. Edward Rupp said.

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The attack was the third violent incident to rock Lakewood re cently, following a riot that forced the high school into a lockdown a week ago, and a baseball bat at tack on a rabbi last month. Community leaders said they worried Saturday's attack signaled increasing unrest in a diverse town that has had occasional friction.

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Weisberg last spoke out after the Oct. 9 beating of 52-year-old Rabbi Mordechai Moskowitz, who was struck in the head with a baseball bat while on his way to synagogue.

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Lakewood attack called bias crime
Assault on an Orthodox teenager follows riot at high school, rabbi's baseball-bat beating
Monday, November 19, 2007
BY RALPH R. ORTEGA
Star-Ledger Staff

A 14-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy was jumped from behind while walking home in Lakewood this weekend, according to police, who labeled the attack a bias crime.

The teenager was punched and kicked by about five or six "African-American men or youth," who uttered several words, including "Jew," just before the attack at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ocean County township, police Sgt. Edward Rupp said.

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Lakewood police probe bias attack on boy
by Ralph R. Ortega/The Star-Ledger
Sunday November 18, 2007, 11:34 AM

An Orthodox Jewish boy was beaten by a group of attackers as he walked home in Lakewood, and police today said they are investigating the assault as a bias incident.

The 14-year-old victim, who was left bruised and bleeding, told investigators that he heard the word "Jew" uttered before the attackers approached him from behind at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday on Spruce Street, right off Route 9, said Sgt. Edward Rupp.

The child made it home after the attack and was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released, according to police.

Rupp said the attack did not appear to be linked to the Oct. 9 baseball bat beating of a township Orthodox Jewish rabbi while he was on his way to a local synagogue.

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