Jews Attacked in Brooklyn by People Blaming Them for COVID-19 Pandemic

A couple attacked a group of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, ripping off their masks and shouting antisemitic statements related to the spread of COVID-19.

Conspiracy theories about Jews being behind the spread of COVID-19 grew in late April and early May, as did racist conspiracies blaming Asian-Americans. Right-wing politicians and pundits continued to blame “the Chinese,” “globalists,” and “Soros” for the pandemic to deflect blame for the scale of the crisis away from Donald Trump and the Republican Party.