Attacker who randomly pummeled a 66 Year-old Boro-Park Rav cut loose by judge

 

The crazed attacker who allegedly pummeled a rabbi in a random attack this week — minutes after he slugged another stranger pumping gas — was cut loose by a judge in both cases, prosecutors said Friday. 

Eric Avrutov, 31, allegedly pummeled the 66-year-old Jewish leader and placed him in a headlock on Dahill Road near Cortelyou Road in Kensington around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday — breaking the victim’s shoulder and leaving him petrified, according to a criminal complaint and a member of his congregation. 

But Avrutov was granted supervised release by Judge Edward Daniels — over prosecutors’ request that he be held on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office said.

The attack was considered an unprovoked assault on a stranger — not motivated by hate, according to cops — but it was enough to rattle the rabbi before his community began the celebration of Sukkot.

“More than the physical injuries, he is struggling with the emotional trauma of the incident,” Avrumi Herbst, a member of the rabbi’s synagogue and a close personal confidant, said in an email. “This morning, he was further distressed when the DA’s office notified him that the suspect was released again.”

“I feel it is important to point out that the Rabbi is very resilient and accepts everything that has befallen him as the will of G-d, and he plans to officiate normally during the upcoming holiday, albeit with the physical limitations imposed on him by his shoulder injury,” Herbst added. 

“Nevertheless he is concerned for his personal safety and the safety of his neighbors and the casual release of the perpetrator just added to that.”

Just minutes before the attack on the rabbi, Avrutov allegedly slugged another man, 60, on the side of the face as he pumped gas at the Shell station around the corner on Cortelyou Road, police said.

In that case, prosecutors asked for the same bail amount, but Judge Daniels again cut Avrutov loose on supervision. 

The reasoning behind the judge’s decisions in both cases was not immediately clear. 

Before the back-to-back Wednesday attacks, Avrutov had five previous arrests, police said. 

He last found himself in cuffs when he allegedly punched a 23-year-old man and 22-year-old woman in the face at random at Brighton 12th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Monday, police said. 

But Judge Duane Frankson had no choice but to grant him supervised release because the top charge against him – misdemeanor assault – was not eligible for bail, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. 

Avrutov was also arrested on Sunday for allegedly showing up at his grandmother’s Brooklyn home in violation of an order of protection back in June, and charged with criminal contempt, prosecutors said. 

Prosecutors asked that he be held on $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bond, but Frankson again cut him loose on supervision, according to the DA’s office. 

Avrutov’s record also includes a gun possession rap from 2024, one criminal trespass arrest and another bust for violating an order of protection, police said.

Ponovitz Bnei-Teirah Beat the Living Daylights out of Rav Fivelson, Rav Hirsch, Rav Berman and Rav Dovid Miller had to come out to condemn the violence!

 

זו תורה וזו שכרה

They already know how to fight, so why not draft them so they can at least fight Arabs instead of Roshei Yeshiva?

Senior Roshei Yeshiva of Ponavezh have issued strongly worded letters supporting HaGaon HaRav Avrohom Moshe Fivelson, following an earlier letter from HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch protesting the treatment of Rav Fivelson.

HaGaon HaRav Chaim Peretz Berman and HaGaon HaRav Dovid Miller each issued letters condemning what they described as violence, brazenness and bizayon haTorah directed against Rav Fivelson.

Rav Berman wrote of the pain over those who had “mocked you with violence and brazenness and degradation of the Torah,” while expressing support for Rav Fivelson amid the controversy.

Rav Miller issued an equally sharp warning against allowing physical intimidation to become an accepted means of settling disagreements within the Olam HaTorah, writing that a dangerous attitude was taking root of attempting to persuade others “with a wicked fist” and thereby silence the “Kol Yaakov.”

The letters come after Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, one of the senior leaders of the Lithuanian Torah world, issued his own public protest over the events surrounding Rav Fivelson.

The intervention of the Ponavezh Roshei Yeshiva adds significant weight to the growing protest within the Olam HaTorah, with the letters emphasizing that disagreements — regardless of their intensity — cannot justify violence, intimidation or degradation of talmidei chachamim.

Moshe Indig the Satmar "Moral Coward" Condemns Netanyahu's Speech in the UN Says "Eichmann"is a friend and ally to our community

 

This vile piece of manure that calls himself "Indig" is a sick tuchis-lekker of an admitted antisemite! 

"Inding"  claims that this is the Satmar official position, a position that echoes Hamas rhetoric vis‑à‑vis the elected leader of millions of Jews! 

"Inding's" rebbe that he claims he speaks for, was not elected but has this position merely because of an accident at birth! 

And repeats  an outrageous lie that there are "hundreds of innocent yeshiva students arrested each week" 

There are absolutely zero Yeshiva Students in jail as of this typing, and at most there may be three arrested in a month total, and they are not "innocent" they are violating the law that states those of age have to register for the draft!

He should take his chicken soup and shove it where the sun will never ever shine

לא מדובשך ולא מעוקצך

"we don't need your honey, and we don't need your sting"

Chag Samaich! 

Mr. Netanyahu, you do not speak for New York’s Jewish community.

Your government arrests hundreds of innocent yeshiva students each week, while we in New York practice our faith and live freely and safely.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a friend and ally to our community

You are not. https://t.co/X62W4V8TZW

— Rabbi Moishe Indig (@MoishIndig) September 24, 2026

ZERA SHIMSHON Sukkot

 

Sohlberg blocks Satmar from distributing $$ in Israel

 

Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg on Friday morning issued a temporary injunction against the “Shekel HaTahor" nonprofit organization, which is affiliated with the Satmar Hasidic movement. The injunction prohibits the organization from giving voters money in order to influence them not to vote, or from offering or promising them such payments.

The Committee Chairman’s decision follows expedited proceedings that began when the Movement for Quality Government filed a petition alleging that the organization had begun providing $200 “support payments" to members of the Hasidic community who declare that they will not vote in the elections.

The movement argued that this constitutes a violation of the prohibition against offering bribes in exchange for refraining from voting, and demanded the immediate intervention of the court and the Committee Chairman to halt the distribution of the grants.

After reviewing the materials submitted to him, the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee found that, according to the evidence attached to the petition, there was serious concern that the law was being violated in a manner that goes to the heart of election law.

In light of the seriousness of the findings and the immediate harm to the integrity of the electoral process and proper democratic procedure, the Committee Chairman acted without delay to prevent the continued distribution of the funds.

The injunction will remain in effect until further notice, while law enforcement authorities will continue examining the organization’s financial activities and suspicions of criminal offenses.

DIN Backs Satmar Rebbe who is Distributing $$$$ to Israeli families who pledge not to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections

 

I believe this is a great idea, and I back him 10000%. Israel doesn't need Charedim voting in the elections.

But here are some comments:

Emes

 15 hours ago

#2400892

It is wrong. As a frum Yid, I want to follow my great Rabbanim who tell me I must vote. One group should not bribe another group not to follow their leaders. This could lead to less seats for the Charadi parties. Would Satmar want me to bribe their Chassidim to vote and not follow their shita?

Iyyar5

15 hours ago

#2400889

What a wicked evil dirty gesture to weaken religious representation in Knesset, & to go against דעת-תורה of all mainstream Rabbonim ranging all the way from the חזון-איש thru Moreinu HoRav חיים Kanievsky זצקללה”ה

zlate1

14 hours ago

#2400899

Cutting off your nose to spite your face.

These are the same people who encouraged their followers to vote for our great Israel and Jew loving Mayor Mamdani.

See how well that’s turning out.

RRRR

5 hours ago

#2401074

I don’t know what the law in Israel is, but in any state in the United States and under federal law I believe that even merely offering money to somebody to refrain from voting would be a felony. 18 U.S. Code § 597.

The Satmar Hasidic faction led by Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum is set to distribute millions of dollars to thousands of Israeli families who pledge not to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections, according to an Israeli Charedi news sites.

The campaign is expected to distribute the money Thursday through community leaders and activists. The initiative has been expanded beyond families affiliated with the Eda Haredit to include additional Haredi communities whose members are expected to abstain from voting, according to the report.

The payments are being distributed through Satmar’s “Shekel Tahor” fund, which was established about 13 years ago by the Satmar Rebbe during a visit to Israel. The fund supports Torah and educational institutions that do not accept government funding, as well as families in need.

According to the report, families included on the campaign’s internal lists are eligible to receive a $200 payment after declaring that family members will not vote in the election.

The campaign is funded by wealthy donors associated with the Satmar community, including businessman and philanthropist Yoeli Landau, according to the report. The distribution was approved by Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum following a briefing by organizers after Yom Kippur.

Satmar’s opposition to voting in Israeli elections stems from its anti-Zionist religious ideology. The movement maintains that participating in Israel’s political system constitutes recognition of Jewish sovereignty before the arrival of the Messiah.

Bibi accuses Zohran Mamdani of making NYC unsafe for Jews

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tore into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his Thursday address to the UN, accusing the socialist leader of having made the city unsafe for Jews and falsely accusing his nation of "genocide."

"Mr. Mamdani, since you were elected mayor of this city, many Jews no longer feel safe in New York. They talk to me," Netanyahu said. "They tell me this isn't the city we remember. It changed so quickly."

The Israeli PM erupted, "Now it's no wonder you praise criminals convicted of supporting Hamas — you count as friends people like Hasan Piker, who said ... America deserved 9/11. Some friends you have."

"Your wife liked to post praising the October 7th massacre. She liked another post saying Tel Aviv shouldn't exist," Netanyahu continued. "You refused to condemn any of that. You falsely, repeatedly accuse Israel of genocide."

‘Palestinian Rachel Dolezal’ outed as white Jewish Israeli woman of ‘significant privilege and wealth’

 

A woke anti-Israel teacher and activist who claimed to be part black and Arab has been dubbed the “Palestinian Rachel Dolezal” after she was outed as being a white, Jewish woman who hid her privileged identity as she led antisemitic protests. 

Hannah Gann, a Philadelphia teacher, was forced to confess she was a “white woman of significant privilege and wealth” after fellow lefty activists grew suspicious of her background and confronted her.

“I lied about my identity and have been lying for years. I have no Palestinian or Tunisian heritage,” she wrote in a self-aggrandizing apology on Instagram.

“I am a white woman of significant privilege and wealth. Anyone who supported me was manipulated and should not be judged as a result of their support for me,” she continued.

A staunch figure in far-left activist circles in Philly, Gann portrayed herself as a mixed-race woman with black and Palestinian heritage. In reality, she is white and Israeli, according to friends.

Media tried framing Settlers saying that they surrounded homes Qustra..Drone Footage Shows that's its all a lie!

 

Claims circulated online that hilltop activists were laying siege to homes in Qusra. Drone footage from the scene shows no Israelis surrounding the homes.

Drone footage circulated on Thursday afternoon shows a house in the village of Qusra with no people surrounding it, after claims had been circulated in the preceding hours that hilltop activists were laying siege to homes in the village.

Alongside photographs published from the homes, it was claimed that they showed "images from inside the homes besieged by settlers in Qusra."

Drone footage circulated later shows the house, which has an American flag flying over it, with no people surrounding it. The footage also shows journalists who arrived at the scene to document the reported incident.

Binyamin Regional Council head and Yesha Council Chairman Yisrael Ganz said the footage disproves the claims that had circulated earlier.

"This is exactly how a blood libel against the settlement enterprise is manufactured: A lie is spread about 'settlers laying siege to a house,' cameras and journalists are summoned, and then footage from the scene reveals that there is no one there," Ganz said.

"There is no siege and there are no settlers. There is a coordinated fabrication intended to produce images and headlines against the State of Israel," he added.

"These lies quickly become headlines around the world, international officials fall into the trap, and the entire State of Israel pays the price. This time, the cameras caught the lie in real time."

The Chief Shvantz Wolf Ber defends the New York Eichmann.. Mamzarani ... and says that the JDL caused Antisemitism!

 

Naive fool Wolf Ber

Satmar Rebbe lekking the tuchis of Mamzarani 

Truth is stranger than fiction, you cannot make this stuff up! This bigmouthed naive "upgerisinar naar"  who calls himself "volfber" says that the JDL caused Antisemitism to grow, defending the Mamzarani/Satmarer  who called another Jew "a war criminal" 

VolfBer is neither a wolf nor is he a bear, he is a skunk!

The JDL founded by Rabbi Meir Kahana hy"d started its campaign when Iraq  hung 13 innocent Jews. 

The Shvantz should be told that the JDL put Soviet Jewry on the front page of the New York Times because of their massive protests in front of the United Nations, while Satmar was laughingly sending them packages! 

It was the JDL that taught Jews living in Crown Heights to fight back and carry guns, stopping blacks from indiscriminately beating and killing Jews! 

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