5 More Terrible Things Brooklyn’s “Blackface Assemblyman” Has Done
In July 2012, Hikind was outraged that Bloomberg disapproved of an Orthodox custom in which rabbis remove the blood following a circumcision using their mouths—a practice that has infected children with herpes, at least once fatally. “Orthodox Judaism isn’t barbaric,” Hikind said. “There’s no call for Mayor Bloomberg to speak disrespectfully to our community, to speak condescendingly about our cultural traditions.” No call except for the dead baby?