The Orthodox Jewish community is enraged after their fascist governor and mayor shut down their synagogues, schools, and business considered non-essential:
FOX NEWS – Hundreds of members of the Borough Park Orthodox community took to the streets Tuesday night defying orders to disperse and lighting a fire in protest of new state-mandated restrictions imposed on area synagogues, schools and non-essential businesses over a COVID-19 surge.
One large crowd huddled closely together at the corner of 50th Street and 15th avenue at about 9 p.m. as community activist Heshy Tischler ripped Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio over the order that shuts down schools completely and limits houses of worship to 10 people in certain COVID-19 hot spots.
Much of Borough Park is subject to those measures — the most restrictive — which also shutters non-essential businesses. The level of restrictions, broken down into three color-coded categories, are guided by coronavirus diagnosis data.
Below are a few videos from last night:
NEW YORK: Huge crowds of Orthodox Jews gather in Brooklyn burning piles of face masks to protest synagogue closures by Governor Cuomo. pic.twitter.com/tlYqunik7U
— SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) October 7, 2020
Jewish men and boys in Brooklyn start a fire in the street to protest COVID-19 restrictions. pic.twitter.com/ez6N9RTEXC
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 7, 2020
HAPPENING NOW: Crowds of Orthodox Jews on the streets of Brooklyn protesting ‘COVID-19 synagogue closures’ by @NYGovCuomo—chant:
“#JewsLivesMatter” pic.twitter.com/eqcFmIyF0p
— SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) October 7, 2020
The Orthodox community was also out last night celebrating their Sukkot holiday, and the NYPD tried to forcibly disperse them:
HAPPENING NOW: New York City police officers forcefully dispersing Jews who gathered outside to celebrate the Sukkot holiday. pic.twitter.com/r7hYwJZKVT
— SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) October 6, 2020
But it didn’t work:
Another angle shows police trying to disperse Jewish crowds celebrating Sukkot in New York City; the officers eventually gave up and resorted to blocking the street. pic.twitter.com/rPRKMK4NvZ
— SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) October 6, 2020
To justify all of this, Cuomo actually quoted from the Torah yesterday claiming that what he’s doing is acceptable because he’s trying to save their lives:
BREAKING: Cuomo invokes Torah to defend guidelines targeted at houses of worship: "In Jewish teaching, one of the most precious principles is saving a life — to save a life. The Torah speaks about how certain religious obligations can be excused if you are going to save a life." pic.twitter.com/Fj0LhUNJ0A
— The Hill (@thehill) October 6, 2020
Despicable. To quote Jean-Luc Picard, “Villains who twirl their moustache are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.”