Reclaiming the swastika
Jewish Journal
July 19, 2013
A swastika banner will fly over New York City and appear in other major cities around the world this Saturday.
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Anti-Semitic message painted on Boston-area church
Jewish Journal
April 23, 2013
A suburban Boston church was vandalized with an anti-Semitic message while police were hunting for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Man arrested in connection with Wilshire Boulevard Temple bomb threats
Jewish Journal
December 20, 2012
The man arrested in connection with fake bomb threats made against a Los Angeles synagogue was also charged with vandalizing it earlier this month.
Southern California temple is vandalized
Jewish Journal
November 14, 2012
A temple in an upscale neighborhood of Long Beach, Calif., was vandalized. Two-foot tall swastikas and the words \”Nazi\” were painted in red spray-paint on the front of the Temple Israel building on Monday night. Temple Israel is the oldest Reform synagogue between Los Angeles and San Diego, the Long Beach Post reported.
Indian authorities remove ‘Hitler’ cloithing store sign
Jewish Journal
October 31, 2012
Municipal authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat removed the sign for a men\’s clothing store named Hitler. The sign — on which the letter \”i\” was dotted with a swastika — was removed Tuesday after hundreds of complaints from both within and outside of the Jewish community.
Northridge mother pleads guilty in syrup swastika vandalism
Ryan Torok
July 19, 2012
A Northridge mother pleaded no contest Wednesday to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for helping her teenage daughter and two friends deface homes with maple syrup swastikas, human feces and toilet paper, according to the L.A. city attorney’s office.
Swastika banners startle New Yorkers, others in area
Jewish Journal
June 25, 2012
A swastika on the banner of an airplane startled beach-goers in New York and surrounding states.
Northridge mother charged in syrup swastika vandalism
Ryan Torok
June 11, 2012
A Northridge woman has been charged with multiple criminal counts for helping her teenage daughter and two friends deface homes with maple-syrup swastikas, human feces and toilet paper. Catharine Whelpley, 43, was charged on June 11 with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of vandalism, two counts of trespassing and two counts of tampering with a vehicle.
Madonna under fire as Israel concert draws heavy media flak [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
June 4, 2012
France\’s far-right National Front is considering a lawsuit against Madonna over a video she used during her concert in Israel on Thursday night. The clip showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead.
‘Fly-in’ activists draw swastika in holding cell
Jewish Journal
April 17, 2012
Two activists who arrived in Israel as part of the pro-Palestinian \”fly-in\” protest drew a large swastika on the wall of their holding cell.
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