Steve Lieberman

slieberm@lohud.com

SPRING VALLEY —A 40-year-old Monsey man faces felony assault and robbery charges after he allegedly attacked a man who was making a video recording of a wedding at a catering hall on South Madison Avenue, village police said Friday.

Officers arrested Yosef Rosen soon after the incident Tuesday at the Alteres Chaya Sarah wedding hall, police said.

Spring Valley Police Detective Reginald Anderson said Rosen apparently felt the man shouldn't have been recording the Hasidic Jewish wedding ceremony.

The victim, whose name was not released, told officers that while he was recording the ceremony with his cell phone, a man punched him in the face and stole his phone, Anderson said.

The victim said he retrieved his phone and started recording again, at which point the same man attacked him again and again took the phone, Anderson said. The victim suffered a cut and bruises in the attacks, police said,

Justice David Fried released Rosen without bail pending a court appearance scheduled for Jan 31, Anderson said.

Rosen, who lives on Park Lane, could not be reached for comment.

Judah Lerer, a Monsey community activist who prays at a Satmar synagogue, said the religious leadership opposes the use of devices like smart phones, so that could have triggered the incident, but he wasn't sure if recording a ceremony was generally prohibited. In any case, he said, "There is no permission to hit anybody" over the issue.

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