Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) attended a press conference in Lakewood today to address growing concerns over 23-year-old Aharon Sofer of Lakewood, New Jersey, who has been missing since Friday when he went on a hike with a friend in the Jerusalem Forest.

“What I want to say to the Israeli government is this: Treat Aharon as if he was a missing Israeli soldier,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “We know what the Israeli government does when an Israeli soldier goes missing.”

NJ State Senator Robert Singer, Assemblyman Hikind, Menashe Miller (Mayor of Lakewood) and Rep. Chris Smith (AP photo / Mel Evans)

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