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An Arizona synagogue was vandalize with graffiti depicting a swastika and an anti-Semitic slur, COLlive reported Tuesday.
Rabbi Rami Bigelman of the Chabad on River synagogue found the graffiti before beginning a Torah class, COLlive reported. He told the outlet that “we are obviously devastated by this.”
Tucson mayor Regina Romero said her office has confirmed with the Tucson Police Department that the incident is being investigated as a hate crime and that a suspect has not been identified. “There is no place for antisemitic hate crimes in our community,” the Tucson Police Department wrote in a statement, according to COLlive.
Tucson s Chabad on River synagogue vandalized
Second recent attack on a Tucson synagogue
Second recent attack on a Tucson synagogue
Posted at 10:34 AM, Jun 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-08 22:26:11-04
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) â Someone attacked and vandalized a small Tucson Synagogue over the weekend. Itâs the second attack on a Tucson synagogue in less than a month.
There is a hole in the fence behind Chabad on River Synagogue. It is where hatred came through and marked the house of worship.
About 8, Monday morning a congregation member came to Chabad on River for a devotional class. He found a hateful message sprayed on a door. Weâve blurred it so we are not helping to spread that message. It includes a symbol of hate often directed at Jews and racist language we donât really need to repeat.
A synagogue in Tucson, Ariz., was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti over the weekend, the second such incident to occur in the city in less than a month.