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(JTA) — A second San Antonio synagogue was vandalized with anti-
Semitic graffiti.
A maintenance worker at Congregation Agudas Achim, the Texas city's
second-largest synagogue, discovered graffiti on a storage shed near the
back of the synagogue's property on the morning of Monday, Aug. 17,
MySanAntonio.com reported.
Linda Moad, executive director of the Conservative congregation, said
the employee found two grills missing along with the words "Jew Jew"
sprayed onto the structure.
The previous Wednesday (Aug. 12), anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-
painted on Congregation Rodfei Sholom along with some 30 cars and
buildings in the neighborhood of the Orthodox synagogue, according to
MySanAntonio.The graffiti included swastikas and references to the Ku
Klux Klan, and at least one car's side window was smashed in with a rock.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott condemned the vandalism in a statement
Monday, calling it an "offensive and disturbing attack on people of all
faiths."
Last week, the FBI said it had identified a person of interest who lives
near the community, but on Monday, at the event where the reward was
announced, police said no arrests have been made and that they are
pursuing multiple suspects.
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painted and with a broken window.
the vandalism took place was at
an entrance to the neighborhood
saw a
car whose driver’s-side window
The word ‘Jew’ was
on the driver’s-side door. On a gate
to a yard, the initials ‘KKK’ were
near Military Drive and Huebner
Road.
Congregation Rodfei Sholom
board member Howard Feinberg exterior of the synagogue
told the Jewish Herald-Voice he
initially noticed the vandalism and
graffiti as he left the synagogue
following morning minyan.
“The synagogue is located in
the Sholom Place neighborhood.
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state and federal authorities are
taking this incredibly seriously.”
By Wednesday afternoon,
Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone
Church had visited Rodfei Sholom
to stand with the community.
“I came over immediately
because in this city Christians and
Jews are united like no other city
in the United States of America.
An attack on the synagogue is an
Vandals spray-painted anti-
Semitic and racial graffiti on more
than 30 cars, homes, signs and
monuments in two north-central
San Antonio neighborhoods
during the pre-dawn hours of Aug.
12.
Residents of the Sholom Place
and Oak Meadow neighborhoods
woke to discover perpetrators had
tagged cars and property with
swastikas, and words such as “Jew”
and “KKK,” among others. At least
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through the driver-side window.
Sholom Place is the home of had been smashed by a large rock.
Rodfei Sholom, an Orthodox The word ‘Jew’ was spray painted
synagogue that serves some 300
families, most of which live in the
adjacent neighborhoods located spray-painted. And, the word ‘n—
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welcomes one to the synagogue.”
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Approximately 30 autos,
structures and signs in the Oak
Meadows neighborhood were
defaced, including a swastika on a
sign welcoming visitors to the Oak
Meadows subdivision, according
to San Antonio Police.
“It was a widespread evening
of mayhem. We got the word out
quickly,” Feinberg said. “The
community rallied, and we’ve had
nothing but incredible support.
The large amount of letters and
calls we’ve received have really
moved us. People are saying:
We don’t tolerate this in
community and our state.
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attack on every Christian church
in this city,” Pastor Hagee stated.
Also by afternoon, District
26 state Sen. Jose Menendez
announced he is offering $1,000
toward a reward for information
leading to the arrest and indictment
of the person or persons who
committed the hate crime.
And by late afternoon, much of
the graffiti had been removed with
pressure washers.
The act of spray-painting racial
slurs meets the definition of the
hate crimes law in Texas.
Under the James Byrd Junior
Hate Crimes Law, “a criminal
offense against a person or
property that was committed
because of bias or prejudice against
a group identified by race, color,
disability, religion, national origin,
or ancestry, age, gender or sexual
preference” can constitute a hate
crime.
No arrests had been announced
as of Aug. 13.
Feinberg said when the
perpetrators are arrested, he hoped
part of their sentence will include
cross-cultural sensitivity training.
“This training allows people
who hate to actually get to know
the objects of their scorn,” he said.
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