One of the five people stabbed in an anti-Semitic attack at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, has died after three months, the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council announced Sunday. Yosef Neumann, 72, suffered a fractured skull and spent weeks in a coma after the Hannukah rampage, allegedly carried out by a man with a history of schizophrenia. Earlier this month, Neumann was reported to have opened his eyes for the first time, though his family had said the knife wound to the brain had caused permanent damage.
The stabbing attack took place Saturday night Dec 28, 2019 during a Hanukkah celebration in the Forshay area of Monsey at the home of Rabbi Chaim Leibish Rottenberg. The incident left five people wounded. The funeral of Mr. Neumann OBM will be Monday.
