New York Yeshiva Vandalized, Set on Fire

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Aaron Bandler

February 7, 2019

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A yeshiva in upstate New York was vandalized and set on fire on Jan. 28 in what is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

According to Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) and Rockland/Westchester Journal News, Yeshiva Deah Yoreh in White Sulphur Springs, which is affiliated with Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, had several swastikas spray-painted on it while it was engulfed in flames. The yeshiva, which is on farmland, had two of its barns damaged in the fire.

Ohr Chaim spiritual leader Rabbi Aaron Lankry was reportedly too sickened by the incident to provide comment to the Rockland/Westchester Journal News.

There is no public information available indicating who was behind the incident.

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