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Winnetka, IL - A couple says their lawsuit against a neighbor stems from his assault conviction and alleged anti-Semitism.
Peggy and James Horstman are suing Paul Hoffman, 68, who was convicted in February of attacking James Horstman while the 55-year-old mowed his lawn, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. Hoffman was sentenced to a year of court supervision.
Peggy Horstman, who is Jewish, alleges Hoffman about two years ago began stalking her and saying "her people" were not wanted in the neighborhood. Hoffman once called her a "Yenta," a Yiddish word for a "busybody or gossipy old woman," Peggy Horstman said.
"I didn't think things like this happen in this day and age," said Peggy Horstman, 56, who doesn't know how Hoffman found out she is Jewish. Her husband is Protestant.
The Horstmans' lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court alleges a "repeated course of intentional and malicious conduct to terrorize" them because of her Jewish ancestry.
Hoffman could not be reached for comment.
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Jun 16, 2009 at 03:34 PM yu bochur Says:
Baruch Hashem for anti-semitism so people like these don't totally forget they are Jewish!
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Jun 16, 2009 at 03:24 PM kivi Says:
I feel so bad for her that she is nebech jewish ay mezul nisht visin fin kan zuris.
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Jun 16, 2009 at 03:59 PM Anonymous Says:
if he found out she is Jewish, she is a real "Yenta"
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Jun 16, 2009 at 03:56 PM Anonymous Says:
weird- hoffman is a jewish name, you sure he isn't jewish? and how can they sue for anti-semitism if he attacked a non-semite?
as for the wife, well, when the jews don't make kiddush, the goyim come and make havdalah...
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Jun 16, 2009 at 04:26 PM Anonymous Says:
Hoffman is a German name, not a Jewish name. Some Jewish people have that name as they have many other German names, ie: Schwartz.
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Jun 16, 2009 at 04:52 PM yehudala Says:
Thinking of buying a home 3 things to remember 1location 2 don't buy from pressured salesperson 3 think think think
::: write this down and post :::::hello people of America
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Jun 16, 2009 at 04:51 PM Anonymous Says:
What?! He called her a yenta? This guy is the worst! This poor woman!
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Jun 16, 2009 at 05:24 PM Stand Up to Them ! Says:
Stand up to them. Call them Nazi YM Shmos right back. Get back in their face and make them feel uncomfortable...
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Jun 16, 2009 at 07:52 PM Milhouse Says:
Hoffman is definitely a German name, and there are many goyim called Hoffman, especially in areas where German immigrants settled. But if this particular Hoffman is not Jewish, why would he know or use the term "Yenta", which is Yiddish and not German? Yente is a Jewish name derived either from Juanita or Gentila, and not known among Germans; and it was in Jewish society that "yente" came to mean a "kochleffel". To the extent that goyim are aware of this meaning, they tend to think it means "shadchente", because of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Jun 16, 2009 at 07:42 PM yu bochur Says:
Baruch Hashem for anti-semitism so people like these don't totally forget they are Jewish!
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Jun 16, 2009 at 10:36 PM Anonymous Says:
don't forget that old garbage van brunner the guy that started shooting at the musuem
was also a German just like this guy Hoffman
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Jun 16, 2009 at 09:03 PM yenta Says:
“ Hoffman is definitely a German name, and there are many goyim called Hoffman, especially in areas where German immigrants settled. But if this particular Hoffman is not Jewish, why would he know or use the term "Yenta", which is Yiddish and not German? Yente is a Jewish name derived either from Juanita or Gentila, and not known among Germans; and it was in Jewish society that "yente" came to mean a "kochleffel". To the extent that goyim are aware of this meaning, they tend to think it means "shadchente", because of Fiddler on the Roof.
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fiddler on the roof is watched by non-jews too, jackey mason uses the word more often than a teenager says, "like". enough figures out of the "jewish society" say the word yenta, you don't have to be jewish to know what it means!!
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Jun 17, 2009 at 12:00 AM Milhouse Says:
“ fiddler on the roof is watched by non-jews too, jackey mason uses the word more often than a teenager says, "like". enough figures out of the "jewish society" say the word yenta, you don't have to be jewish to know what it means!! ”
Of course goyim watch Fiddler; I said that's where they get the WRONG idea of what Yenta means. They think it means "matchmaker". And there's no way a midwestern goy would be such a fan of Jackie Mason that he'd pick it up from there.
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Jun 16, 2009 at 11:07 PM Milhouse Says:
“ don't forget that old garbage van brunner the guy that started shooting at the musuem
was also a German just like this guy Hoffman ”
There are millions of Americans with German names. Pure coincidence.