Tag: Graffiti
Oregon man charged with ‘repeatedly’ defacing Reconstructionist synagogue
Adam Edward Braun, 34, was charged with hate crimes for allegedly defacing a Reconstructionist synagogue in Eugene, Ore., four times “because it was a place of religious worship for Jewish people,” the U.S. Justice...
Toronto police make two arrests in antisemitic vandalism cases
Michael Park, 35, reportedly frightened Toronto residents in 2021 when he walked through a park shirtless, displaying a swastika painted in black on the right side of his chest, similar to Edward Norton’s neo-Nazi...
‘Generally, we feel very safe in Kansas,’ says rabbi of vandalized Topeka temple
An antisemitic vandal spray-painted “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” on a driveway leading up to the only synagogue in Topeka, Kan., the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
The Topeka Police Department and the FBI are investigating the vandalism at...
Defund Israel X account, Jewish babies with ‘pure bloodlines,’ Bowman loses ‘J Street’ endorsement
Brent Wood, 33, of Toledo, Ohio, who allegedly attacked two Jews outside Kesher Israel, an Orthodox congregation in Washington, was a no-show in D.C. Superior Court.
The Toronto Police Service announced the arrest of Ian Locke, 40, who allegedly vandalized the...
Jerusalem police remove vandalism supporting Hamas massacre
Police and Border Police officers on Wednesday morning located and removed graffiti in Israel's capital supporting the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7.
Officers were confronted when operating in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood, with rioters...
Vandalism of Oporto synagogue: ‘It is an offense, it is antisemitism’
The synagogue of Oporto’s Jewish community was vandalized with graffiti on Wednesday in the wake of war between Israel and Hamas. The words, "Free Palestine," and "End Israeli apartheid" were spray-painted on the gate...
Historic Oregon synagogue becomes target of anti-Semitic attack
Police and other law-enforcement officials are investigating a fire and anti-Semitic graffiti discovered on Monday outside a historical synagogue in Portland, Ore.
Congregation Beth Israel, which was completed in 1928 and is on the National...
Vandals deface two schools in Denver with anti-Semitic, racist graffiti
Police units in Denver are searching for the person or person who defaced a public school with swastikas and anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic messages over the weekend, as well as those responsible for the...
Graffiti in Toronto claims Jews were responsible for Sept. 11 terror attacks
Graffiti claiming that Jews were responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks was painted on a building in Toronto and a highway overpass in Canada over the weekend.
Among the writing was “Jews did 911”...
Swastika, anti-Jewish graffiti defaces Chabad House in Tucson
A Chabad House in Tucson, Ariz., was vandalized overnight on Sunday with a swastika and anti-Jewish writing. It is the second such incident against the Jewish community in recent weeks.
“We are very disturbed about...