Tag: Vandalism
Confederate flag is found tied to door of Jewish museum in New York City
A Confederate flag was discovered tied to the front door of the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City early Friday morning.
The museum, located in Battery Park City...
Campus Chabad in Kentucky again discovers vandalism to its sign, menorah
Police in Lexington, Ky., are investigating the vandalism of a menorah and sign at Chabad at the University of Kentucky Jewish Student Center. This is the fourth time that the sign has been vandalized...
UConn investigates string of anti-Semitic incidents on main campus
The University of Connecticut has been investigating multiple reports of anti-Semitic incidents on its main campus in Storrs, including swastika vandalism and other kinds of property damage.
“These recent reports were all acts of physical...
Political graffiti turns up on headstones in Michigan Jewish cemetery
A 100-year-old Jewish cemetery in Michigan was vandalized with the words “TRUMP” and “MAGA.”
The cemetery in Grand Rapids belongs to Congregation Ahavas Israel, a 125-year-old Conservative congregation. The graffiti was found on Monday and...
World Zionist Organization condemns Nazi vandalism in England on Yom Kippur
Jewish leaders spoke out after an anti-Semitic attack was carried out in England on Yom Kippur on Monday.
Residents of a neighborhood in Bristol reported a large, bright-yellow swastika spray-painted on the hood of a...
Arson, vandalism, RJC video ramp up tensions in Jewish community
Jewish community tensions are being ramped up with news of an arson fire at the Chabad House at the University of Delaware, vandalism at a Reform synagogue in Kenosha, and a video from the...
Amid riots, synagogue in Kenosha, Wis., vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’
A synagogue in Kenosha, Wis., was vandalized during demonstrations and riots on Thursday morning.
A reporter for the right-wing news site Townhall posted a video of a Black Lives Matter activist spray-painting the words “Free Palestine” on...
Why they scrawl ‘Free Palestine’ on synagogues
It could have been a lot worse. With dozens of buildings in Kenosha, Wis., burned during the riots that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake, one of the town’s synagogues was tagged with graffiti.
Amid...
University of Wisconsin Hillel discovers ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on building
The outside of the Hillel building at the University of Wisconsin in Madison was vandalized on Tuesday, according to the organization.
The words “Free Palestine” appeared on the concrete structure that welcomes people to the...
California police investigate toppled fountain attached to Holocaust memorial
A Holocaust memorial fountain in Santa Rosa, Calif., was vandalized this week.
The fountain at Santa Rosa Memorial Park was “toppled onto the ground in pieces,” reported The Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
The memorial was built in 2016 by...