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2011 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents RULE Vandalism

Posted: October 29, 2012


Overview: About the 2011 Audit
Anti-Semitic Assaults
Vandalism
Harassment, Threats and Events
Anti-Semitic Bullying by Peers
Methodology
The Numbers State-By-State

The ADL Audit recorded 330 cases of anti-Semitic vandalism in 2011, up from 317 in 2010. Incidents are individually evaluated by ADL and are categorized as anti-Semitic based on the presence of anti-Semitic symbols or language; the identity of the perpetrator(s), if known; and the target of the vandalism and its proximity to Jewish homes, communities, and institutions.

The following is a list of selected instances of anti-Semitic vandalism in 2011:

• Los Angeles, California: Graffiti on a sidewalk read, "The only good Jew is a dead Jew." (January)

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: An 81-year old Jewish man found a red swastika and the word "Nazi" scrawled on his front door. (February)

• Lake Stevens, Washington: A Jewish couple discovered "F--- you Jews" scrawled in red marker on their home. (March)

• Calabasas, California: Images of swastikas and Adolf Hitler, along with the phrases "triple the six million" and "gas chamber," were spray-painted on walls, doors, sidewalks and a stop sign at a public high school. The vandalism also included names of teachers and students. (April)

• Arroyo Grande, California: Statements such as "White Power" and "F--- Niggers and Jews" were found alongside swastikas on a public middle school. (April)

• Middlesex, New Jersey: Benches and picnic tables in a park were vandalized with swastikas and the phrases "Hang all f---ing niggers and Jews" and "KKK." (April) 

• Flint, Michigan: A chapel at a Jewish cemetery was broken into and vandalized, including with anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls and podium. (May)

 Long Branch, New Jersey: A billboard ad featuring a baby was vandalized with the phrase "Jewish kids love the chamber." (May)

 Las Vegas, New Mexico: Vandals knocked over or destroyed 29 headstones in a Jewish cemetery. (July)

• San Francisco, California: A swastika was etched into the glass on the front door of a Jewish day school. (August)

• Brooklyn, New York: Graffiti was found at a Brooklyn subway station that read, "America U deserve 9/11 for your sins," "The Jews were responsible for 9/11," and "Down with the Jews Free Palestine." (September)

• Brooklyn, New York: A family's sukkah was vandalized with graffiti that read, "F--- you. All Jews are Bitches." (October)

• Oakland, California: A "For Sale" sign belonging to a Jewish realtor was vandalized with the Star of David and an arrow pointing to his name. (October)

• Highland Park and New Brunswick, New Jersey: The windows of Rutgers Hillel and the Chabad House were shattered by a brick. On the same weekend, three kosher restaurants, two Judaica shops, and a Jewish-owned hardware store had their windows broken. (November)

 Dallas, Texas: "Zionist Occupied USA" with a Star of David was spray-painted on the side of an interstate highway. (December)

• Irvine, California: A Jewish college student, home for a break, discovered the front of her house covered in pig guts and feet and pieces of pork jerky, and a fountain in the front yard wrapped in Christmas paper. (December)

• Lakewood, New Jersey: Vandals spray-painted in black paint on a Jewish school: "Hitler is home," "Christ Killer," and "Merry Christmas." (December)

• Hackensack and Maywood, New Jersey: Jewish institutions were vandalized with swastikas and the phrases, "Jews did 9/11" and "1488" (the latter is a common neo-Nazi numeric symbol). (December) 





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