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After punching a rabbi in Queens, suspect charged with hate crime, police say

JL;DR SUMMARY A 32-year-old man, Eric Zafra-Grosso, was arrested for assault and aggravated harassment of a rabbi in Forest Hills, Queens, in what police have identified as a hate crime. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityNew York CityRabbiQueensHate CrimeHolocaust Remembrance DayAssaultEric Zafra GrossoMayor Zohran Mamdani

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Queens, New York, United States
"A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a rabbi was verbally harassed and assaulted in Forest Hills, Queens on Tuesday, according to police."
Kew Gardens Hills, New York, United States
"The assault occurred a few miles from the synagogue Agudath Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, where earlier this month protesters chanted, We support Hamas here."
Burlington, Vermont, United States
"Hannah Feuer joined the Forward as a general assignment reporter in May 2025 after two years as a culture reporter at Seven Days, an independent weekly in Burlington, Vermont."

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