Warsaw - Police Detain Perp That Attacked Poland's Chief Rabbi

Warsaw - Polish police have detained a perp for last month’s attack on the country’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich. “We have detained a young man who is responsible for this act,” police spokesman Zbigniew Matwiej said. He declined to give further details.

Rabbi Schudrich, a New Yorker, was attacked in the center of Warsaw in May. According to the Rabbi the man yelled “Poland is for Poles”, and hit and sprayed him with what appeared to be pepper spray after Schudrich asked him why he was insulting him.

After the attack the Jewish community and Poland’s EU partners accused the conservative-led government of not doing enough to counter anti-Semitism and xenophobia.