This is the Forward’s coverage of vandalism, including antisemitic attacks against Jews.
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Vandals Attack Christian Village
The tires of 40 cars and trucks were slashed and a hateful message was sprayed on a wall in a Christian village near Safed. The vandalism was discovered Thursday morning. It is the second attack apparently aimed at Christians in one week. The message sprayed on a wall of the Jish village read “Only goyim…
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Fast Forward Tokyo Police Make Arrest in Anne Frank Vandalism
Tokyo Metropolitan Police reportedly have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of hundreds of copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in city libraries. The Tokyo resident, identified in the March 12 announcement of his arrest as an “unemployed man in his 30s,” made a statement admitting to some involvement in the vandalism…
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Fast Forward Polish Cops Nab Suspected Vandal at Jewish Cemetery
Police officers in Poland arrested a man whom they said they had caught desecrating Jewish tombstones. The suspect, who was not named, was arrested last week at the Jewish cemetery of Andrychow, 30 miles southwest of Krakow, the news site Wadowice24.pl reported Tuesday. At the 18th-century burial site, he had knocked down 13 tombstones before…
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Fast Forward Israel Donates 300 Anne Frank Books to Tokyo Libraries After Vandalism
Israel’s embassy in Japan is donating 300 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” to Tokyo libraries following a vandalism spree. More than 300 copies of the diary and other books about Anne Frank have been found damaged in libraries throughout the country’s capital. Police have established a task force to investigate the…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank Books Vandalized in Japan
More than 100 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” have been vandalized in public libraries in Japan’s capital Tokyo. Pages have been ripped from at least 265 copies of the diary and other related books, Japanese officials told the BBC on Thursday. It is not clear who is behind the vandalism, they…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremists Slash Tires of 30 Palestinian Cars in Jerusalem
The tires of 30 cars were slashed and anti-Arab graffiti was painted on the way of an eastern Jerusalem village in what is being called a price tag attack. The attack early Wednesday morning in the Arab neighborhood of Sharafat in the village of Beit Safafa is the second in eastern Jerusalem in two weeks,…
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Fast Forward Jackie Robinson Statue Rededicated After Being Wiped Clean of Anti-Semitic Slurs
The Coney Island statue depicting Jackie Robinson was rededicated in a special ceremony on Monday, the New York Daily News reported. Earlier this month, the statue had been covered in racist graffiti and anti-Semitic slurs, which the city Parks Department has since removed. The vandals have not been found, and a $50,000 reward has been…
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Fast Forward Cross Defaced in Ukraine Hasidic Pilgrimage City
A cross near the gravesite of a Jewish sage in Uman, Ukraine, was defaced with a Hebrew inscription — a move that could stoke sectarian tensions in the Hasidic pilgrimage site. Hebrew graffiti was discovered Aug. 12 on a cross opposite the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the 18th century founder of the Breslov…
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