A Miami Beach temple was found vandalized with written messages of “KKK” and swastikas early Tuesday, a day after similar messages were found on a temple in west Miami-Dade.
The messages were found written in pen or marker on a banner outside Temple Emanu-El Synagogue at 1701 Washington Avenue.
According to a Miami Beach Police report, a witness called 911 after spotting a suspect outside the temple just before 3 a.m. Officers responded and searched the area but didn’t find the suspect.
On Monday, a swastika and the words “Iraq” and “Hamas” were found painted on a wall at Temple Beth Tov-Ahavat Shalo at 6438 Southwest 8th Street.
Four anti-Semitic incidents have been reported in less than two months in South Florida. In late July, the columns outside a North Miami Beach synagogue were defaced with red spray paint. Swastikas and the words “Hamas” framed the front entrance.
The weekend before the North Miami Beach incident, a Miami Beach home was targeted. One car was egged in multiple places and another was damaged by cream cheese. The words “Jew” and “Hamas” were smeared in two different areas.
(Source: NBC Miami)
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Actually, unfortunately NBC Miami is wrong. There were four incidents from Shabbos to Tuesday morning. That makes it 6 incidents in less than two months.
There were also two incidents in Surfside, FL (close to Miami Beach) – swastikas and kkk were painted onto a supermarket wall and onto a public park ground. See
http://www.wsvn.com/story/26476248/west-miami-temple-vandalized
And don’t forget the shooting….or is that still not classified as a hate crime?