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grossproffit

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:46 AM Feb 2019

Argentina's chief rabbi hospitalised after men burst into his home in a midnight assault

Argentina’s chief rabbi was assaulted in his Buenos Aires home on Monday by unknown assailants who broke in and told him they knew he was the country’s Jewish leader.

Gabriel Davidovich was hospitalised after he “suffered serious injuries due to the heavy blows he received”, according to a statement by Argentina’s Jewish community group Amia.

His wife is understood to have witnessed her husband being assaulted at their home.

Argentinian newspaper reports suggested up to seven people broke into Chief Rabbi Davidovich’s home at for the attack at 2am on Monday morning.

They shouted “We know that you are the Amia rabbi” as they stole money and some of their belongings, Amia said.

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/argentina-s-chief-rabbi-gabriel-davidovich-hospitalised-men-burst-into-his-home-in-midnight-assault-1.480650

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