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A California cemetery’s Holocaust memorial, also used for ritual hand-washing, has been vandalized

A fountain that serves as a memorial to survivors of the Holocaust was pushed over Sunday night or Monday morning in Santa Rosa, Calif., according to local news reports. Fountain dedicated to Holocaust survivors vandalized at Santa Rosa cemeteryה >>> https://t.co/QMvdpQjdhS pic.twitter.com/Zm94eNAJnr — Monitoring Antisemitism Worldwide (@cfcantisemitism) June 16, 2020 The fountain, which also serves…

By Molly Boigon Jun 16, 2020 | < 1 min read
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Alabama synagogue vandalized with swastikas, slurs as Passover began

A synagogue in Alabama was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti as Passover began, the local news website AL.com reported Thursday. The graffiti on the property of Etz Chayim Congregation, a Conservative synagogue in Huntsville, included swastikas and the words “Jew scum” and “Holohoax.” Community leaders told AL.com that they believed the vandalism was timed to coincide…

By Aiden Pink Apr 10, 2020 | < 1 min read
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2 Teens Charged With ‘Criminal Mischief’ For Graffiti Outside New Jersey Synagogue

Late Saturday night, hours after the stabbing of five in a Hasidic neighborhood in Monsey, N.Y. a New Jersey resident discovered graffiti near an Orthodox synagogue in the borough of Highland Park. Now, two teens have been charged with five counts of criminal mischief for the vandalism. Absent from the charges is a hate crime,…

By PJ Grisar Dec 31, 2019 | 2 min read
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3 Schools In LA Spray-Painted With Anti-Semitic Graffiti

(JTA) — Three Los Angeles schools — two of them Jewish — were tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti days after a synagogue in Beverly Hills was found vandalized. A swastika and hateful messages including the phrase “time to pay” were found spray-painted at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, the Westwood Charter School and Milken…

By Sam Sokol Dec 18, 2019 | < 1 min read
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Washington’s Sixth & I Synagogue Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti

(JTA) — The Sixth & I synagogue in downtown Washington, D.C., was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. Michelle Eider, the synagogue’s communications manager, said the vandalism contained swastikas and anti-Semitic language and was discovered on Monday morning. In an email to congregants, the synagogue’s three rabbis said the damage was minimal and would be quickly fixed….

By Josefin Dolsten Dec 3, 2019 | < 1 min read
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New Jersey Neo-Nazi Charged With Ordering Vandalism Of Two Midwest Synagogues

(JTA) — A New Jersey man, 18, was arrested and held without bond for allegedly ordering the vandalism of two synagogues in other states. Richard Tobin is accused of using a neo-Nazi social network called The Base to find volunteers to for the September graffiti attacks on synagogues in Michigan and Wisconsin, the Philadelphia Inquirer…

By Marcy Oster Nov 18, 2019 | < 1 min read
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Israeli Flag Tagged With Swastika Found Near Cape Cod Shul

BOSTON (JTA) — – An Israeli flag defaced with a swastika and white supremacist symbols was found on the grounds of a Cape Cod synagogue hours after the end of Yom Kippur. Police are investigating the incident at Falmouth Jewish Congregation after being notified by the synagogue’s rabbi, Elias Lieberman, who found the flag on…

By Penny Schwartz Oct 15, 2019 | 2 min read
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‘Jews did 9-11’ Painted On University Of Tennessee Campus

(JTA) — A rock in the center of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville that students paint with inspirational messages was painted over with a message accusing Jews of being behind the 9-11 attack. The graffiti painted on The Rock on Wednesday night read, “Jews did 9-11. Google: Dancing Israelis.” The message that was painted over by…

By Marcy Oster Sep 16, 2019 | < 1 min read

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