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On Tuesday night time, Rabbi Jak Rubin used to be within his home making ultimate arrangements to welcome individuals of the Jewish neighborhood.
“I’m a director of OLAMI Dallas, which is under the nonprofit Dallas Area Torah Association,” Rubin mentioned.
According to the OLAMI web page, they’re a neighborhood of younger Jewish execs.
“We have, every Tuesday night, students that come together. Sometimes they’ll be here for classes, social events.”
Rubin mentioned he heard anyone yell on the other hand, may no longer perceive what used to be mentioned.
“I hear yelling outside. I had no idea what it was. I didn’t think anything of it. But I had my phone out, and I see a notification pop up on the top,” Rubin mentioned. His surveillance device notified him anyone used to be on his belongings. “It shows a person just jumping up like this, and he’s covered in a keffiyeh.”
The surveillance video displays a person dressed in a standard Middle Eastern headdress, pull down an merchandise, run off and shout in Arabic.
“I’m told it translates to ‘long live free Palestine’,” Rubin mentioned. “I beeline outside and look and find that the flag is gone.”
Rubin had hung the Israeli flag a month in the past.
“As soon as the attack happened a month ago, that’s when I said I’m putting it out and making sure that we’re telling all Jews and Israelis come together, stand together, be proud of it,” Rubin said. “It’s not because we’re trying to say that the people who are dying in Gaza don’t matter. It’s us saying very strongly that Hamas needs to be eradicated if we have any hope for peace.”
Dallas Police mentioned the incident is being investigated as a robbery on the other hand, a hate crime detective has been assigned to the case.
“You can sense that even that short clip, you can sense the immense hate and evil in that person’s heart,” Benji Gershon mentioned. Gershon used to be no longer provide Tuesday throughout the incident however realized about it thru Rubin.
Although shaken, Gershon and Rubin mentioned they don’t seem to be intimidated. Soon after the robbery, Rubin hung every other Israeli flag outdoor his home and positioned it a bit upper.
“We can’t allow evil and intimidation to dictate what our actions are. So, we have to stand up,” Gershon mentioned.
“There’s a lot of fear going on in many in the Jewish community. But then there’s the second feeling of resilience,” Rubin mentioned. “And the recognition that we can stand up for ourselves, which from much of human history has not been the case for the Jewish nation.”
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