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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Activists smear red paint on home of NY Times’ Jewish editor: ‘Joe Kahn lies Gaza dies’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe home of the Jewish editor-in-chief of The New York Times, Joseph Kahn, was vandalized by anti-Israel activists Friday, with red paint splattered across his apartment building’s walls and front steps.
The vandalism in Greenwich Village apparently took place overnight.
A message scrawled on the pavement read, “Joe Kahn lies Gaza dies.”
Pro-Palestine protester splatters paint all over New York Times editor’s home https://t.co/YwiominhmX
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 29, 2025
The paper’s headquarters in Manhattan was defaced last month with red paint and a similar message.
“Disagreement with our reporting is acceptable, but vandalizing property and threatening individuals and their families is unacceptable,” Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander told outlets. “We will work with authorities to address it.”
The Times of Israel Community.