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Yarmulke Robber Gets Hit by Car
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 20, 2008
Modified Mar 20, 2008
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What's Yiddish for poetic justice? After robbing an assistant rabbi of his yarmulke, an 18-year-old ran into the street and was hit by a car.
The Post learned that someone grabbed the yarmulke of 25-year-old Uria Ohana, who was waiting at the Fourth Avenue and 9th Street station in Park Slope. Ohana saw the perp, Ali Hussein, and decided to chase him. Hussein's friends also ran with him, allegedly chanting "Allah-hu Akbar!" ("God is great").
But when Hussein got to the street, he was hit by a Volvo; Ohana said, "He couldn't move. He broke his leg. He was crying." Plus, the police charged Hussein with "alleged aggravated harassment as a hate crime." Oh, and Hussein's "friends" abandoned him, fleeing in an SUV.
Better: The story where a Muslim helped a group of young Jews when they were being taunted by some dopes on the subway.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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