ATHENS, Greece — Jewish community leaders in Greece slam the “profane” daubing of anti-Semitic slogans at a recently-restored synagogue, the latest in a series of similar incidents.
“Shameful and insulting slogans, which profane the recently restored historic synagogue of Trikala, provoke indignation and deep sadness,” the Central Jewish Council of Greece (KIS) says in a statement.
“Jewish snakes out,” was just one slogan daubed in bright blue paint on the wall of the building, some 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Athens and one of the oldest synagogues in the country.
KIS adds the incident shows “the struggle against anti-Semitism must continue” while calling on Greek authorities to take “all measures to arrest those behind this desecration and protect Jewish sites in Trikala,” one of Greece’s oldest Jewish communities going back centuries.
A slogan reading “Jewish Snakes Out” is written outside a synagogue in the central Greek town of Trikala, some 300 kilometers north of Athens, on December 31, 2019. (LEFTERIS PARTSALIS/AFP)
There has been a spate of similar incidents in Greece, where the Jewish community today numbers just a few thousand.
— AFP
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