Whitby church becomes target of hate crime
WHITBY — Parishioners attending Sabbath worship service at Kendalwood Seventh-Day Adventist Church March 6 were horrified to discover graffiti defacing the building's sign. Spray-painted over a congratulatory Canadian Olympic hockey victory message on the Kendalwood Road church's sign reading, "Crosby Scores But Only Jesus Saves,"
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Dallas church cleaning up after hate crime by vandals
Volunteers today began removing the satanic symbols and hateful words that vandals spray-painted on Greater Cornerstone Baptist Church in Lake Highlands. Pastor David Wilson said he originally planned to wait for officials to assess the damage, which he discovered Monday. But today he decided the sight
Swastika, other vandalism at temple not yet a ‘hate crime’
Vandals scratched a swastika, "KKK," "Hail Hitler" and the N-word on doors inside Temple Beth El in Boca Raton on Feb. 15. Was this a hate crime? The synagogue's leader is unsure, police are still trying to make that determination and the Anti-Defamation League believes there
Police: Three teens admit to anti-Semitic graffiti at Boca Raton synagogue, charged with vandalism
BOCA RATON — Boca Raton police on Friday announced the arrest of three juveniles who authorities said admitted vandalizing the Temple Beth El synagogue, where property was damaged and anti-Semitic and racist messages were carved into doors. The three suspects were juveniles — all about 15
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Boca Raton police: Synagogue vandalism a hate crime
BOCA RATON – Boca Raton police on Tuesday were investigating the vandalism of a Boca Raton synagogue as a hate crime after burglars broke in, damaged property and left behind anti-Semitic and racist messages. Firefighters responding to a fire alarm around 10 p.m. Monday at Temple Beth El in the
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Rewards offered in hate-crime incidents at synagogues
Law enforcement and religious leaders announced Monday that they are offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of suspects in two recent hate-crime incidents. The first was Nov. 10 at Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave., Carmichael. A vandal spray-painted a hate message and swastikas,
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Law Enforcement Officials Offer Reward in Hate-crime Incidents at Synagogues
For Immediate Release February 1, 2010 FBI Sacramento Contact: Special Agent Steve Dupre (916) 977-2245 Law Enforcement Officials and Community Leaders Offer Reward The greater Sacramento area has experienced a recent uptick in hate crime incidents, and two in particular have authorities and community
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Jewish Agency: Anti-Semitism highest since World War II
Anti-Semitism has reached a global peak since the end of Israel's Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last winter, and levels of Jew-hatred have not been so high since the Second World War, according to the Jewish Agency's annual report on anti-Semitism issued on Sunday. The report was presented
Jewish groups concerned at dramatic rise in attacks
JEWISH groups have reported an ''unprecedented'' rise in racial violence and vilification in the past year. The annual meeting of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry in Sydney today will hear that there have been 962 reports of anti-Jewish violence, vandalism, harassment and intimidation
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Hate crimes up against religious groups, new FBI numbers show
The FBI issued its most recent statistics on hate crimes on Monday — and they showed a slight uptick in hate crimes against religious groups in 2008. Last year, there were 1,519 incidents against people based on their religion, a 9% increase from the year before. While anti-Jewish attacks make
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Swastika vandalism on synagogue case transferred to Hate Crimes Unit
Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials are reassessing the vandalism of a synagogue in Whittier over the weekend. The case has been transferred to the department's hate crimes investigation unit. "I cannot speak on the specifics of the case at this time," Detective Daniel Zuma said
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Police probing N.Y. signs with ‘Kill Jews’
NEW YORK (JTA) — Police are investigating a series of incidents involving the spread of anti-Semitic material in Brooklyn. On Wednesday morning, residents of the Bay Ridge neighborhood found hundreds of 2-inch signs with the words “Kill Jews” across part of a street, the New York Daily
Swastika desecrates church
A possible hate crime stained an otherwise calm weekend in Brooklyn Heights, as a swastika and other scrawl was discovered inside a Monroe Place church. “Very inappropriate statements, and a swastika” were discovered painted inside the First Unitarian Universalist Church, between Pierrepont
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2 Arundel teens to be charged with hate crimes, police say
Two teens accused of spray painting the letters KKK on a bus owned by a predominantly black church will be charged with hate crimes, Anne Arundel County Police said today. The teens were arrested Wednesday for the Sept. 10 vandalism of a bus parked at St. Matthews United Methodist Church, police said.
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Patchogue mayor: Man accused of hate-crime had dispute with church
A man arrested on charges of leaving anti-Hispanic messages on the altar of a Patchogue church earlier this week and flinging a log and a bottle at a churchgoer Friday night apparently was involved in a feud with the pastor over tithing or fees, the village’s mayor said Saturday. Mayor Paul V.
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