The New York Police Department is investigating a report of possible vandalism at a Jewish cemetery.
An NYPD spokesman says Sunday the department’s hate crimes division has been notified of headstones found toppled over at Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted photos Saturday night showing some headstones on the ground. The Democrat says he’ll go to the cemetery Sunday to see them.
The incident is the latest in a wave of anti-Semitic incidents across the country, including other cemetery desecration’s in St. Louis and Philadelphia.
There has been a rash of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries and 122 bomb threats called in to Jewish organizations in three dozen states since early January.
Authorities said Friday that Juan Thompson, a former journalist fired for fabricating details in stories, made at least eight of the scores of threats against Jewish institutions nationwide as part of a campaign to harass and frame his ex-girlfriend.
(Yehuda Eckstein – YWN)
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Such acts of vandalism and antiSemtism should be condemned and fought wheather it is from Racists or Neo Nazis or Haters on the Left, Christians or Moslems or Miscreants thinking its fun to disrespect the dead and the living who spent hundreds of dollars for the tombstones.
At the same time friends amongst Christians and Moslems are to be appreciated who help us at such times.
There are have been toppled headstones on the ground in that cemetery for many many years as that cemetery is not kept up. Years ago ago the politicians (was it Hikind himself) were complaining about it.
Unless they can show fresh grass under the “newly” toppled headstones it’s nothing more than another publicity stunt by Hikind.
Time to reorganize the JDL. Who is with me?