In the latest incident that could add fuel to the debate about the rise of antisemitism in Europe, a prominent US rabbi was assaulted at a pro-Palestine rally in Vienna on Friday and then taken to a police station for questioning by Austrian police officers.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, also known in the US as “America’s Rabbi”, told Euronews that while holidaying in Vienna with his wife he came across the rally and decided to confront what he said were “Islamists who want Jews murdered”, whom he differentiated from Muslim faithful, whom he called “brothers”.
