LA Synagogue defaced with anti-Zionist message

Jewish residents of Fairfax county in California were surprised on Wednesday to find that their local Baba Sale congregation had been defaced with a spray painted message saying 'Free Palestine.'

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 15:36

A member of the Jewish community wears a kippa (photo credit: REUTERS) — A member of the Jewish community wears a kippa

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Jewish residents of Fairfax county in Los Angeles, California were surprised on Wednesday morning to find that their local Baba Sale congregation had been defaced with a spray painted message saying "Free Palestine".

Synagogue in LA defaced overnight. #Antisemitism pic.twitter.com/XkON2YHoZR
— Rabbi Yonah (@RabbiYonah) September 11, 2019

Rabbi Yonah, of the Pico Shul Shabbat tent, claimed on Twitter that the vandalism occurred at around 5:20 in the morning.

"It seems that the perpetrators waited for congregants to enter and then sprayed the graffiti, so that when they come out they should see it..."

He added in his tweets that "This is not the first synagogue defaced with “Free Palestine”, a nicer way of saying “Kill Jews”. And not the first in Los Angeles - we have had several others defaced THIS YEAR."

By midday on Wednesday, the graffiti was painted ove.