Jewish and Puerto Rican youths clashed last night outside Congregation Adath Sochochow in Brooklyn after a Puerto Rican taunted several Jews attending the closing Yom Kippur services at the rear of the synagogue. An eyewitness told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that a Jewish youth ran out of the synagogue and grappled with the Puerto Rican. As they were fighting, a group of Puerto Rican youths began to beat the Jewish youth. His cries for help brought out a number of worshippers from the synagogue. They were met, according to the eyewitness, by some 50 Puerto Rican youths. In the ensuing scuffle, some noses were bloodied. Rabbi Shabse Meisels of the synagogue is participating in an investigation of the incident.
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