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April 4, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=3793

Jewish Man Attacked by Ax-Wielding Assailant in Jerusalem

(Israel Hayom) Itsik Saban and Yori Yalon - Nahum Weisfish, 69, survived an attack Monday in Jerusalem by a man who repeatedly attempted to strike him in the head with an ax. "I noticed someone running up behind me and tried to run away. When I turned around, I saw an Arab man wielding an ax. I tried to grab the ax and as we struggled it fell from his hand. At that point, the Arab man fled and I noticed that the ax had cut my wide-rimmed hat, which had partially blocked the strike. My kippah [skullcap] also helped block the blade....I experienced a great miracle."

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