Assemblyman Dov Hikind broke through police barriers and physically confronted a small group of protesters carrying anti-Semitic signs in Brooklyn Monday.
The seven protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas drew an angry reaction from several hundred Orthodox Jews as they gathered in a small pen of police barricades outside Chabad of Kensington on Ocean parkway in Midwood.
As one of the Christian protesters, Shirley Phelps-Roper, was talking to reporters, Hikind, burst through the barricade and tried to knock the signs out of her hands.
He was restrained by police and moved away but then turned back to grab at the signs again before being escorted back to a counter-protest area, some 50 feet away.
VIDEO by Shimon Gifter
There are 2 things we need to know: 1. If it has come to a point were Nazies feel comfortable to come and demonstrate, we need to look at it that Hashem is sending us a message to do Teshuva. it is a warning. Let us wake up! forgive those who have done wrong to us. hashem will forgive us. When ever Eisav lifts his hand it is a warning for us =. Let us not wake up to late chas V’sholom. 2. Dov Hikinds will not help as much with his actions, but what would help, if all yidden… Read more »
What do want? Why can’t we make a protest on the sidewalk in front of a cloister and yell murderers – and hold up signs saying something like 9/11 was OK as long as about 2000+ GOYIM were killed!
This would be protected by the constitution.
I’m embarassed by all of you people who would shred the Constitution. Do you really want to live in a police state? You really want the government to control you? And I’m an anti semite?!! I’m a lubavitcher who values freedom and if a few punks hold stupid signs, I don’t care. I personally think they should be ignored, for it is attention that feeds them. And no, I don’t think they will build concentration camps. They are just anti semites who happen to like suing people for violating their rights, so if you ignore them, they will have nobody… Read more »
Dov that was great go dov
dov made a big kidush hashem
We don’t care if you’re a student of the constitution! What matters is that Dov stood up for his rights! now, you dare to say ONE MORE THING against Mr. Hikind and you won’t know what hit you, because everyone is going to join up against YOU ! Hmmm… you some sort of Anti Semite? You sure speak like one!
I have been on the receiving end of Anti Semitism. But I believe (as Ben Franklin said) that those who would trade their liberty for security will have neither. In Communist Russia, the Jews were protected from the pogroms. I’d rather live under the Constitution of the USA, even though a Jew hater can call me names. And yes, I was once physically roughed up by a shvartzeh in CH, but overall life under the US constitution is great.
No one cares what you’re a student of- we believe in our
G-d Given Right to be unequivical about rising anti-semitism and it’s implications. For the well being of ourselves and our children and our futures. Law enforcers have not exactly been doing their jobs when it comes to protecting the constitutional rights of Jews in our neighborhoods. I hope you are never on the receiving end of anti semitism as you have a very unrealistic outlook on life right now and would not know how to handle such an experience.
He did the right thing, we should stand against all kinds of antisemitism!!!! Were not the same quite Jews from 1939….. We shoulnt be….. And we should do everything to fight it.
If we would just ignore them they would not come back again. they keep on coming back b/c we give them so much attention and that is exactly what they are looking for.
holding the signs at one moment, the next moment they’ll be holding guns.
Dov Hikind is a very erliche yid and he is a very passionate person and when he sees such a thing like this it tears his heart. it’s a tremendous chutzpah and CHILUL HASHEM for anyone to say anything against him. A person who might criticize him is a person who he or she probably does nothing themselves but just TALKS!!!
As a student of the constitution, it is fully permissible to engage in hate speech. I can take a bullhorn to Times Square and scream I hate Italians, if I so wish to do. The protections of free speech were to protect offensive speech. Not polite speech. The only speech that is forbidden is screaming in the streets kill the Jew, Black etc. for that is incitement to violence which is forbidden. But to scream Jews will be punished by G-D and burn in…. is a pathetic bigoted thing to do but 100% protected by the constitution. So you may… Read more »
Hate groups walk all over us because we don’t stand up and intimidate them. I abhor violence, but paint should have been thrown at the signs to cover the words. Are we just going to passively & timidly continue to shy away from confronting this prob.or will we finally learn from history that we must try to prevent emerging into a larger problem?
That’s fine. You defend their right not to be hated and we’ll defend ours.
I’m sorry!!!! I didn’t really think about it that way…
as a a law student, feedom of speech does not include hate or fighting words.
And #16 said it clear, we have freedom of speech as well!! And never ever let these bastards get away with anything Anti-Semitic! It must be clear that we DO NOT under any circumstance accept Anti-Antisemitism!!
Dare say something to a black man!!
Dare say something to a Jew!!
Learn from them if you need to…
I’m with you on that one. We Jews need to and MUST stand up for ourselves!!!
We jews need achdus and be strong together and show the world that we are not pushovers, and with all that achdus may we march with Moshiach NOW!
thank You number 31 why did it take 30 comments for someone to say at straight
And if the goyim decide to censor our siddur from all offensive passages such as sheloy osani goy and shfoych chamoscha al hagoyim, that would be a good thing?! Of corse not! Part of living in a free country is you embrace EVERYBODY’S right to free speech. Even the bigot. There is a lot of room for hikind in Cuba and Chaveztown though. Meanwhile, I’d rather the morons from Kansas pull off their stunt and move on, than to lose the freedoms of free speech. I guess Hikind’s mommy taught him sticks and stones… but names will ALWAYS hurt me.… Read more »
The right way to respond to these fools would be to invite Lipa Schmeltzer to perform, holding a misspelled sign against them and dressed as weirdly as possible as he raps some funny words about these morons in front of them. Then we’d get a free Lipa performance and the idiots would not know what hit them. Hikind is indeed going down to their level.
You are a complete idiot.
How dare you write such a comment, Jewish people don’t have enough people like Dov Hikind who PUBLICALLY stand up for Jews. What would happen if someone would write a racist sign saying something negative about African Americans there would be a rally and the protesters would be afraid to ever do such a thing. It’s good to see that there is a Jew doing this public ally because it sends a very strong and much needed point.
Not the smartest thing to do, but I must say I would do the same exact thing as dov. And the fact he hadvthe self control to not actually attack them shows a lot of self control… But who CAN stand for this?
True, but sometimes you have to show strength when things are becoming c”v problematic – it’s not always easy to determine when. I fully empathize with Dov Hikind because I feel the same way. I was glad to see a diplomat with a sincere heart.
Mishle: ‘Don’t answer a fool…” (Should we really respond to 7 ‘sickies?’)
Does an ‘Am navon veChochom’ do such a thing?
‘Berl’, you sound a little confused or.. perhaps a bit of an anti semite yourself? Knocking out of someone’s hand an inflammatory anti-Jewish sign directly associated with the prevalant acts of violence against Jews is self defense. We (I and the rest of my people) choose to stand up and defend ourselves and show that actions against us will not go without their consequences.
loved it! #9, that was great….
To #16:
Under what definition of free speech is it acceptable to physically assault people?
and to #8 dov had freedom of speech too..
Dov Hikind and his supporters should be ashamed of themselves. Were the Church’s message repugnant? Of course, they are a bunch of dirtbags, so their repugnant message shouldn’t come as a surprise. But are we living in the Soviet Union?
“How dare you have those signs”?!? I guess Dov would indeed feel comfortable in the Stalinist Democrat party. Freedom of speech exists specifically to protect offensive speech. Not popular speech.
Conclusion: Those mamzeirim from Kansas and Hikind deserve each other.
having no back bone and walking like sheep to the slaughter is a Chillul Hashem, enough is enough, how much longer are we gonna say that we cant stand up for our selfs b/c its a Chillul Hashem. in your opinion the entire state of Israel is a Chillul Hashem but not for the obviouse reasons like no yidishkeit but for the other reasons such as showing strength and standing up for our selfs.
mice one, just dont be physical next time
THERE’S SOMEONE I ADMIRE
Saying anti Semitic things, holding anti Semitic signs. Isn’t that illegal?
Someone please explain
Thanks
That’s right. We also believe in Dov Hikind’s freedom of speech thank you.
If only Crown Heights would learn from Hikind, Satmar et. al. about taking matters into our own hands, especially when the authorities, gov’t. look the other way when Jews are potentially harmed.
We need to protect ourselves in everyway necessary – show no fear!
Crown Heights should really man up!
go man
For having the guts to clearly indicate right from wrong.
This seems to have been an increasingly disturbing time, Crown Heights included, and we have all grown so timid.
horrible!!! but he has to control himself!!
its a huge chillul hashem
these guys are such idiots..they took a tour of our city a few months ago
can the holocaust happen again?
GO BACK TO KANSAS!
Sorry Dov,
This is America, and we believe in freedom of speech.
However outrageous the protesters are, there is no excuse for this type of behavior from the Assemblyman.
hashemmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what happened now that they decided to stand and rant anti semetic slurs?
What exactly was Hikind trying to accomplish? He knows they were not breaking any laws, and the minute he broke through the police would escort him. Come on now, use your head.
the westboro baptist church is the most insane group of people ever. they are so awful, they have no limits.
AMAZING!!!
GO DOV HIKIND!!!!
A PERFECT *Chilul* Hashem!!!!!! Thanks a lot, Dov!!!!!!