Tag: Vandalism
Historic Sixth & I Synagogue vandalized with graffiti
The historic Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti on Friday.
“While the damage to the building is minimal and will be fixed quickly, events like this can throw even...
Vandals scrawl swastika on monument to Sholem Aleichem in Kiev
An unidentified group of vandals painted a swastika on the monument honoring the father of Jewish literature, Sholem Aleichem, according to a report posted on Sunday night by Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kiev, Moshe...
Anti-Semitic hate crimes on New York City subways on the rise, NYPD reveals
New police statistics show an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes targeting Jewish riders on New York City subways, The City reported on Wednesday.
Since Oct. 20, the New York Police Department has logged 42 hate-crime complaints involving anti-Semitic...
Swastika found on menorah monument in Colombia
A menorah monument in the Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, was vandalized with a swastika.
The country’s foreign ministry described the graffiti on the monument on Israel State Avenue as exemplifying “intolerance and hate.”
The vandalism consisted of...
Authorities are investigating desecration of 300-year-old Jewish cemetery near London
Authorities are investigating the desecration of a 300-year-old Jewish cemetery near London, reported the United Kingdom’s Jewish Chronicle.
Assailants reportedly used sledgehammers to shatter, upend and split headstones at the Chatham Memorial Synagogue cemetery. The damage was discovered...
LA synagogue vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti on 9/11 anniversary
A synagogue in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles was spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti on early Wednesday, which marked the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein of LA’s Pico Shul posted...
Man sentenced to three years in prison for vandalism at Indiana synagogue
A 21-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for vandalizing a synagogue last year in Carmel, Ind.
Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime for spray-paintinga large Nazi flag and...
Swastikas on 80 gravestones desecrate French Jewish cemetery at German border
As many as 80 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in France were discovered vandalized on Tuesday morning, adding to the latest wave of anti-Semitic attacks in the country.
The cemetery, located in the village of...
Synagogue in Jerusalem neighborhood desecrated, considered a hate crime
Worshippers arrived at a Jerusalem synagogue for morning prayers on Tuesday to discover that it had been vandalized, with Torah scrolls and Jewish artifacts thrown on the floor.
The Siach Yisrael synagogue in Kiryat Hayovel,...
France: Jewish cemetery desecrated near Strasbourg
Anti-Semitic vandalism was discovered on tombstones in the Jewish cemetery of Herrlisheim, in northeastern France, near the city of Strasbourg where two people were killed on Wednesday in a Christmas market shooting attack by an...