Melbourne ,Australia - Man Assaulted on Simchas Torah

Melbourne ,Australia - AN ultra-Orthodox man spent the night in a Melbourne hospital after being physically and verbally assaulted in an antisemitic attack.

Menachem Vorchheimer who runs a textile company, was walking to Yeshivah shul with two of his children, when he was confronted by a group of young men in a mini bus shouting antisemitic slogans and motioning at him as if they were firing machine guns. When the bus stopped at the lights at the corner of Balaclava Road and Hotham Street, Vorchheimer, 33, approached the driver to inquire about the group, but the bus drove off, while two of the passengers reportedly leaned out the window and grabbed Vorchheimer's hat and kippa.
A passing car then pursued the bus, cutting it off down Carlisle Street. Vorchheimer ran towards the stationary bus, pleading for his hat, which was then thrown out of the window. But when he approached the bus window to plead for his kippa, he said two of the passengers grabbed him by the arms, while a third punched him in the eye. "I could feel the blood coming down my face ... I was in a lot of pain, but determined to ensure they were going to be made accountable."

To prevent the bus from leaving, Vorchheimer and others blockaded the vehicle until the police and ambulance arrived. He was later treated at Cabrini Hospital for facial injuries.