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Cardinal O’Malley expresses support for rabbi who was stabbed

"We are grateful that Rabbi Shlomo Noginski is recovering."

A unity vigil was organized on Brighton Common, across from Shaloh House, a Jewish Day school in Brighton. Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was stabbed multiple times Thursday outside the school. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

By Jeremy C. Fox, The Boston Globe

July 3, 2021

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley on Friday denounced antisemitism and expressed his support for a Brighton rabbi who was repeatedly stabbed in the arm one day earlier.

“We are grateful that Rabbi Shlomo Noginski is recovering from the injuries he suffered as a result of a violent attack yesterday. Violence and hate have no place in our society,” the cardinal wrote in a series of posts on his Twitter account.

Noginski was stabbed eight or nine times around 1:19 p.m. outside the Shaloh House, a Jewish day school on Chestnut Hill Avenue, authorities said. He was reported to be in stable condition at Boston Medical Center on Friday.

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