On a sign that read “Our community stands with Israel,” someone had spray painted a red swastika.
The synagogue, built in 1907, was the oldest surviving synagogue in the now heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park.
The synagogue, built in 1907, was the oldest surviving synagogue in the now heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park.
Synagogue Rabbi Weinblatt noted that this year, on this day, both Jews and Muslims fasted as the iftar event coincides with the Fast of Ester. He said, "I pray our fast may make us hungry for peace."
The location in which the mural was found was once a synagogue belonging to the Lithuanian community.
Pro-Palestinian protesters hurl antisemitic and sexist abuse at Jewish counterprotesters at a Montreal synagogue during an antizionist rally.
A German-Iranian man was sentenced on Tuesday for attempting an arson attack against a synagogue in Bochum.
The judge sentence the boy to a year of probation and ordered that he submit a book report to the probation department about Carl Lutz.
The incident is being investigated as a hate or bias-motivated crime.
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