An Israeli tourist with ties to the IDF was left with a brain bleed Monday when a hate-filled stranger knocked off his yarmulke and slugged him in the face on the way to a Manhattan kosher deli, cops said.
Rami Glikstein, 59, who was visiting from Jerusalem, was heading to Mr. Broadway – a well-known kosher deli on West 38th Street near Seventh Avenue – around 12:40 p.m. when a complete stranger stormed up to him and snarled, “What the f–k is your religion?”, according to police sources and the victim’s own Facebook post.
The antisemitic attacker – who wore all black – grabbed Glikstein’s yarmulke, tossed it on the ground and stepped on it before walking away, cops and sources said.
But the maniac wasn’t done – moments later, he turned around and punched Glikstein in the face, sending him flying on the ground, cops said.
Glickstein is described by Jewish outlet Y Net Global as an Israeli educator and lecturer in the IDF.
The attack left him with a cut and bruising to his face – as well as internal brain bleeding – and he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment, cops and sources said.
But Glikstein said the hate-fueled attack won’t discourage him from his original dining plans in the Big Apple.
“The attacker prevented me from entering the restaurant,” he wrote in Hebrew. “I won’t let him and his intellect win. This evening I’ll be back there despite my injury.”
He also shared a photo of himself lying in the hospital bed, with a bandage on his forehead.
No arrests had been made in the assault by Tuesday afternoon.
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