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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

synagogue vandalism

The scene of suspected arson and vandalism at a Jerusalem synagogue that is often attended by Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, June 8, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
June 8, 2025, 1:12 pm
Outrage after arson attack on Jerusalem synagogue of top Shas party rabbi
Some damage to building and prayer books inside, but no injuries at house of worship frequented by former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef; Shin Bet said to treat case as terrorism
By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Oheb Shalom Congregation, pictured in 2021. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 28, 2025, 7:36 am
New Jersey synagogue defaced with ‘terrorists’ graffiti for hosting IDF soldier
Protesters outside Oheb Shalom congregation call passersby ‘baby killers,’ spray-paint ‘Terrorists This Way’; officials line up to condemn act
By Ben Sales
A screenshot from security footage showing two women using stencils to spray-paint 'From the river to the sea' outside Temple Beth Zion-Beth in Pennsylvania, March 2024. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 2, 2024, 2:27 pm
Officials condemn anti-Israel, antisemitic graffiti at 2 Pennsylvania synagogues
PA governor, CNN anchor and community leaders decry recent vandalism of Philadelphia-area Jewish institutions with swastika, ‘From the river to the sea’
By JTA and ToI Staff
A new 'ner tamid,' or eternal flame, was constructed from the damaged stained glass that survived an act of arson in 2021. (Courtesy of Congregation Beth Israel and Lori Adelman. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
September 7, 2023, 5:45 pm
Stained glass from Texas synagogue targeted by arson rebuilt into 3D eternal flame
Congregation Beth Israel holds Shabbat services at building for first time since it was damaged in 2021 attack
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Antisemitic graffiti on Barcelona’s Maimonides Synagogue, April 17, 2023. (Courtesy European Jewish Congress)
April 26, 2023, 11:31 pm
For 2nd time in a month, Barcelona synagogue vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti
Perpetrators write ‘Why are they killing Palestinians’ outside Chabad center; follows a similar incident in another shul on Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day
By Canaan Lidor
Antisemitic graffiti on Barcelona’s Maimonides Synagogue, April 17, 2023. (Courtesy European Jewish Congress)
April 17, 2023, 11:58 pm
Antisemitic graffiti scrawled on Barcelona’s largest synagogue
Vandals spray-paint ‘Free Palestine from the river to the sea,’ leave letters accusing Israel of ‘genocide’; rabbi blames Spanish city’s mayor for suspending twinning with Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police tape marks off a Chicago street as officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the city's South Side on June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/ Teresa Crawford/File)
January 31, 2022, 7:33 pm
Chicago synagogue, Jewish school vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
Jewish businesses, synagogue in nearby suburb also reportedly targeted; city council member says the vandalism has ‘all the hallmarks of hate-based crimes’
By AP
Anti-Semitic graffiti found at a synagogue in Carmel, Indiana, July 2018. (Screenshot/WISH)
November 17, 2021, 4:20 pm
New Jersey man sentenced to year in prison for ordering attacks on synagogues
Richard Tobin, 20, plotted with members of US neo-Nazi group ‘The Base’ to vandalize properties belonging to Jewish or Black groups
By Shira Hanau
A fire outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas, on October 31, 2021. (Austin Fire Department)
November 16, 2021, 8:40 am
Suspect in Austin synagogue arson kept journal allegedly detailing attack
FBI charges Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, with October vandalism; diary entries on day of incident include ‘Scout out a target’ and ‘I set a synagogue on fire’
By JTA
The settlement of Givat Ze'ev in the West Bank, June 25, 2020. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
July 11, 2021, 10:49 am
Synagogue vandalized in West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev
Police searching for suspects in community outside Jerusalem; indications don’t point to hate crime
By ToI Staff
The aftermath of vandalism at the synagogue of Orastie, Romania, which was recorded on June 28, 2021. (Transylvania News via JTA)
July 1, 2021, 12:16 pm
Teenagers shatter 19th century synagogue’s windows in Romania
No one injured in incident at the Synagogue of Orastie, which does not have active Jewish community
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A pro-Palestinian slogan and the acronym for a praise for Allah on the wall of the synagogue in Cueta, Spain on May 12, 2021. (FJCE via JTA)
May 12, 2021, 8:19 pm
German Jews seek protection after Israeli flags burned outside synagogues
16 arrested in Germany for anti-Israel incidents outside houses of worship in Bonn, Muenster; ‘Free Palestine’ graffitied on synagogue in Spain
By Agencies and ToI Staff
New York police officers respond to an attack at one of four synagogues in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, April 26, 2021. (NYPD via Twitter)
May 2, 2021, 3:13 pm
US police arrest man suspected of hate crimes against several Bronx synagogues
Arrest comes after perpetrator vandalized 4 houses of worship in Riverdale, stole a bicycle and threw Jewish holy books on the ground
By Ben Sales
A fence in Vienna surrounds the statue of Karl Lueger, the antisemitic former mayor of the Austrian capital, October 6, 2020. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
April 28, 2021, 10:17 am
Despite lockdowns, antisemitic incidents rise to record levels in Austria
585 reported incidents in 2020 represent a 6% increase over previous year; physical assaults nearly double from six to 11
By Cnaan Liphshiz
New York police officers respond to an attack at one of four synagogues in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, April 26, 2021. (NYPD via Twitter)
April 28, 2021, 9:38 am
Bronx synagogue vandal strikes Riverdale Jewish Center in latest attack
New York police looking for lone suspect after rocks are thrown and windows smashed at four houses of worship
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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