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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDozens of headstones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/321251-dozens-of-headstones-vandalized-at-jewish-cemetery-inDozens of headstones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia
By Paulina Firozi - 02/26/17 02:11 PM EST
Dozens of headstones were found damaged and overturned at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia on Sunday, according to local reports.
Philadelphia police confirmed Sunday afternoon that the damage at the cemetery was an act of vandalism, according to a local news station, 6abc.
A visitor from New Jersey noticed the vandalized headstones while he was visiting his fathers grave at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
"It's just very disheartening that such a thing would take place, said Aaron Mallin, according to 6abc. "I'm hoping it was maybe just some drunk kids. But the fact that there's so many it leads one to think it could have been targeted.
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The reports come less than a week after vandals destroyed 100 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Mo., on the same weekend that several Jewish community centers across the country received bomb threats.
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Dozens of headstones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2017
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Behind the Aegis
(53,986 posts)1. No surprises.
Anti-Semitism and its defenders are emboldened now. Everything from shit like this to defending anti-Semitic remarks.
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)2. Yes, it makes me ill, and I am not
religious.
But I do love what the Muslim community did in response to St. Louis. Maybe that spirit will spread. I bet it does. People are in no mood to tolerate this, at least thinking, compassionate people.
http://people.com/human-interest/muslims-raise-money-jewish-cemetery-missouri/
Muslim Activists Raise More Than $60,000 to Repair St. Louis Jewish Cemetery Damaged by Vandals
Behind the Aegis
(53,986 posts)3. Some of the money is now going to Philly as well.
I think that is spectacular!