Overview
- A 48-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah was verbally abused, physically attacked and spat on while walking with his two young children in Charlottenburg, Berlin.
- The victim has been identified in reporting as Rabbi Aviezer Kantor, a Chabad supervisor, and the attacker has been described as a 31-year-old man of Arab origin.
- An Israeli bystander intervened to restrain the assailant until police arrived, and Berlin police arrested the suspect and took him into custody for questioning.
- Authorities are treating the case as a suspected antisemitic attack and are investigating motive and possible charges while gathering witness statements and any video evidence.
- The incident occurred on Saturday and echoes findings in the RIAS annual report that recorded roughly 8,700 antisemitic incidents in Germany in 2025, including online threats and several extreme-violence cases, prompting community calls for stronger protection and swift prosecutions.