(Aug. 13, 2025 / JNS) Three people harassed and intimidated an American Jewish couple on the street in Venice, Italy, on Saturday, Italian media reported, setting loose a dog on the man, spitting on him, spraying both victims with water, all while using anti-semitic pejoratives.

The couple were recognizably Jewish because the man was dressed as an Orthodox Jew, the RAI news agency reported on Monday.

The three alleged attackers began harassing the couple in the Rialto area, forcing them to seek refuge in a well-known Jewish restaurant in the old Venice Ghetto, where they had been staying.