This is the Forward’s coverage of vandalism, including antisemitic attacks against Jews.
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Fast Forward Man Charged With Vandalizing L.A. Synagogue
The man arrested in connection with fake bomb threats made against a Los Angeles synagogue was also charged with vandalizing it earlier this month. Several bomb threats against the Wilshire Boulevard Temple were called in to the Los Angeles Police Department Tuesday morning. One call said that there was a bomb planted in a car…
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Fast Forward French Cemeteries Hit by New Anti-Semitic Attacks
French police reportedly are investigating fresh acts of vandalism in two Jewish cemeteries and a municipal building. On Monday in Paris, police arrested two men suspected of digging up two corpses at the Pantin cemetery, according to a statement from the municipality. They were found to be in possession of a number of human teeth…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Graveyard Vandals Appear in Court
Three men appeared in court in New Zealand and were charged with damaging more than 20 Jewish gravestones in an historic cemetery last week. The men, aged between 19 and 23, were charged with willful damage of the graves in Auckland, some of which date back to the 1880s. The vandalism included spray painting swastikas…
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Fast Forward Moshe Dayan’s Grave Hit by Vandals
The grave of former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was vandalized on the anniversary of his death. Graffiti reading “The minister of failure, on behalf of the fallen” was painted in red on Dayan’s gravestone early Tuesday morning, exactly 31 years since his death. A memorial service was held at the site in the military…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Spree Eyed as Insurance Scam
An arson attack last year on cars in a predominately Jewish neighborhood of New York reportedly is being investigated as an insurance scam instead of a hate crime. The attack on Nov. 11, the day after Kristallnacht commemorations, included the spray-painting with anti-Semitic graffiti of the nearby sidewalk and park benches. Elected officials and Jewish…
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