Police Probe Assault on UMich Student by Mob Who Allegedly Asked If He Was Jewish

A Jewish student at the University of Michigan was attacked early Sunday morning near the Ann Arbor campus in what police are investigating as an apparent hate crime. According to Ann Arbor police, the assault occurred around 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 15 near the Michigan Hillel, the Jewish student association located right off the university’s flagship campus. The victim, a 19-year-old male student, was approached from behind by a group of unknown men who allegedly asked him if he was Jewish. After the student confirmed he was, the group allegedly assaulted him before fleeing on foot. The victim suffered minor injuries and did not require immediate hospitalization, said the Ann Arbor Police, which characterized the attack as a “bias-motivated assault.”...