This is the Forward’s coverage of vandalism, including antisemitic attacks against Jews.
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Fast Forward Vandals smashed glass at several kosher restaurants in Los Angeles over Shabbat
The Pico-Robertson neighborhood has been struck by antisemitic incidents in the past year
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Fast Forward ‘We don’t live in fear’: Another antisemitic crime in Florida, this time at a synagogue
The state has become a hotbed for hate groups, but the latest attack is a first for the area, congregation says
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Fast Forward Report shows more hate crimes against Los Angeles Jews
Among religious groups, Jews were by far the most targeted, followed by Catholics and Muslims
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Fast Forward Vandal attacks L.A. synagogue, kosher restaurant
A vandal carrying a box of concrete slabs targeted an Orthodox synagogue and a kosher steakhouse in Los Angeles Thursday night, adding to a spate of attacks on American Jewish communities in the wake of the Israel/Gaza conflict. Young Israel of Century City and Pat’s Restaurant a few hundred feet from each other at the…
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Life Crown Heights mural transforms anti-Semitic vandalism into message of peace
Like almost every New York City street, Brooklyn’s Albany Avenue is dotted with stores temporarily shuttered by coronavirus. But here in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, among the shops whose glass windows are covered by rolling metal grates, one stands out. At House of Lancry, a modest fashion brand owned by British designer Hannah Lancry Sufrin,…
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Fast Forward A California cemetery’s Holocaust memorial, also used for ritual hand-washing, has been vandalized
A fountain that serves as a memorial to survivors of the Holocaust was pushed over Sunday night or Monday morning in Santa Rosa, Calif., according to local news reports. Fountain dedicated to Holocaust survivors vandalized at Santa Rosa cemeteryה >>> https://t.co/QMvdpQjdhS pic.twitter.com/Zm94eNAJnr — Monitoring Antisemitism Worldwide (@cfcantisemitism) June 16, 2020 The fountain, which also serves…
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Fast Forward Alabama synagogue vandalized with swastikas, slurs as Passover began
A synagogue in Alabama was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti as Passover began, the local news website AL.com reported Thursday. The graffiti on the property of Etz Chayim Congregation, a Conservative synagogue in Huntsville, included swastikas and the words “Jew scum” and “Holohoax.” Community leaders told AL.com that they believed the vandalism was timed to coincide…
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Fast Forward 2 Teens Charged With ‘Criminal Mischief’ For Graffiti Outside New Jersey Synagogue
Late Saturday night, hours after the stabbing of five in a Hasidic neighborhood in Monsey, N.Y. a New Jersey resident discovered graffiti near an Orthodox synagogue in the borough of Highland Park. Now, two teens have been charged with five counts of criminal mischief for the vandalism. Absent from the charges is a hate crime,…
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