Meet the NYPD's highest-ever-ranking Orthodox Jew — a 9/11 hero who vows to fight antisemitic hate crime

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Meet the NYPD's highest-ever-ranking Orthodox Jew — a 9/11 hero who vows to fight antisemitic hate crime
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The NYPD recently promoted the department’s highest-ever-ranking Orthodox Jew — a 9/11 hero who wears a yarmulke on the job — as the city fights a wave of antisemitic hate crime., the department’s sixth highest post, in February and is now urging New Yorkers to show off their religious pride.“Don’t change who you are. Don’t take off your hijab, cross, turban or anything else you wear proudly that reflects your beliefs and way of life,” Taylor, 42, told The Post.

The Torah principle to save lives takes precedence over all else, even on days of rest — and Taylor considers taking emergency calls part of that exception, he said.Taylor speaking to a member of the community at a Police Athletic League event in Harlem on Aug. 15, 2024.“It’s mostly regarding someone missing — a child or someone elderly,” he said, adding the day-of-rest calls range from one a week to one a month. “I’m always on call, and that includes Shabbos.

He washed their eyes out with sterile water, hydrated them and did his best to support them emotionally, he said. “An attack on one community is an attack on us all,” he said, adding that “no one in this city should be attacked because of their way of life.”

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