Meyer Labin, at The Blogs

Dec 21, 2019, 10:20 PM

The Jersey City shooting and the dangers of not taking Hasidic Jews seriously

Satmar Rabbi David Niederman attends a Brooklyn news conference with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea to denounce the hate crime attack in Jersey City, Dec. 12, 2019. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

The murderous attack didn’t happen in a void — it came after years when other Jews ignored hate and mockery aimed at my community

About Me

Meyer Labin was born and bred in the Satmar community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to a family of 14. He is a father of three and currently resides in Jerusalem, where he writes for Yiddish publications.