Vandalism against synagogue unites community
Hours after police discovered anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on B'Nai Shalom of Olney on July 26, about 200 community members showed up with buckets, sponges and graffiti remover to scour it off. And they kept returning. Attendance at the evening service, typically about 10 to 15 people, swelled to about 500, said Debbie Kovalsky, the synagogue's
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Devil of an act rocks Rowville church
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Man charged with defacing synagogue held on cash-only bond
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Vandals Hit Tulsa Church Three Times In One Week
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Police Arrest Man In Md. Synagogue Vandalism
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Hate Graffiti at Conejo Chabad Deemed Misdemeanor Vandalism
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ADL Audit: 1,211 Anti-Semitic Incidents Across the Country in 2009
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