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Alaska bill to increase penalty for vandalism at houses of worship

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Efforts to chill the rise of antisemitism in Alaska have resulted in intensified penalties for criminals who target synagogues, churches, mosques and other religious locations. On Tuesday, the state’s Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed into law House Bill 238 during...

Maryland police taking ‘every investigative step’ after antisemitic school vandalism

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Four public schools in Montgomery County, Md., were vandalized with antisemitic graffiti on Aug. 19, WJLA-TV reported. Marc Yamada, chief of the Montgomery County Police Department, stated on Wednesday that “the recent acts of antisemitic and anti-Israel...

Woman charged with vandalizing home of Brooklyn Museum director

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Law enforcement has filed hate crime charges against a woman alleged to have participated in dumping red paint and vandalizing the home of Anne Pasternak, who is Jewish and works as the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director...

Vandals throw rocks at Oakland Chabad center for second time in month, police call...

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The frustration is palpable in Rabbi Dovid Labkowski’s voice as he deals with yet another incident of vandalism at the Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland, Calif. After all, it is the second time in...

‘Absolutely abhorrent’ vandalism of Montreal cemetery with swastikas

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The photo that Jeremy Levi, the mayor of Hampstead (Québec), shared on social media shows a Jewish tombstone of a Cohen, with an illustration of two hands configured in the priestly blessing. “Forever in...

Miami mayor helps remove anti-Israel graffiti from kosher bagel shop

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Surveillance camera footage showed a man in a dark hoodie and shorts spray-painting “free Palestine” in red multiple times on the windows and door of Holy Bagels & Pizzeria, a kosher restaurant in Miami,...

Northern Virginia sheriff probing anti-Israel graffiti at four Starbucks stores

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The Loudoun County, Va. sheriff’s office is investigating “anti-Israel/pro-Palestine graffiti and property damage” that vandalized four Starbucks stores in Ashburn on Monday night. “Hate speech and destruction of property will not be tolerated in Loudoun County,” said...

Philadelphia-area shul sees swastika in second incident of vandalism

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A red swastika was found spray-painted on Temple Beth Hillel Beth-El in Wynnewood, Pa., on Sunday, marring on a sign that reads “Our Community Stands With Israel.” The sign was next to another one advertising Camp...

Anti-Israel protester destroys painting of Lord Balfour, who paved way for modern Israeli state

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A woman apparently associated with the anti-Israel group Palestine Action is depicted in video, which circulated widely on social media, slashing a 1914 painting of Arthur Balfour, the first earl of Balfour, and defacing...

Oregon man charged with ‘repeatedly’ defacing Reconstructionist synagogue

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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...