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The NYPD's Hate Crime Unit is investigating numerous instances of anti-Semitic vandalism in Brooklyn Heights. Monday evening, swastikas were found painted on two synagogues, three buildings, and two cars, but by yesterday afternoon, over a dozen other markings were discovered (one brownstone also had an SS logo painted on it), as well as flyers with swastikas and slurs on cars' windshields.
Remsen, Columbia, and Joralemon Streets, the Palmetto Playground and Sidney Place were vandalized. The NY Times reports that over 20 detectives are assigned to the case and the NYPD's spokesman Paul Browne said, "The intensity and the number of incidents in a relatively small area on the Jewish holidays all combined to cause us to assign significant resources to the case."
Some rabbis and local politicians believe that Iranian leader and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presence in NY could have something to do with the incidents: Rabbi Aaron Raskin of Congregation B'nai Avraham, where a swastika was found on the steps, told the Sun, "I think the president of Iran arriving to New York spurred these hatemongers to come out of the closet."
One shocked resident told the Daily News, "This is a neighborhood of dialogue, of mosques, synagogues and churches. That makes it even more sad." Other anti-Semitic acts of vandalism have also recently taken place in Long Island and New Jersey, where a swastika was cut into a field.
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These swastika writer have it all wrong.
If they really wanted to frighten Jewish residents, they should write something like, "With rising tuitions, you'll never be able to afford Harvard or Princeton for your children!"
u know there is racial hatred every day all over the city...but only a certain kind always makes it to the news....hmmmmm
The presence of the Iranian president made this happen? What a paranoid group of people! How ridiculous!
And #2's got a good point.
Man, I can't WAIT to hear some comments about how the Jews deserved this. C'mon, where are all you angry-assed "ZOGgers"?!?
1: Funny.
2: Sad, but true.
I wonder why this is.
it's ironic. the swastika as a symbol means "well being"...thanks to Hitler it became a symbol of hate...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
#2 and #5:
Read this book if you are truly interested in the questions you posed.
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374177724/bookstorenow16-20
The book has, as expected, come under the typical fire that anyone who questions our unfailing support of Israel or the influence of related lobby groups on our society.
Reading it for yourself will reveal that, in fact, it is a scholarly examination of the issue with no trace of hatred or anti-semitism whatsoever.
It is a fascinating, if seriously disheartening, book.
I don't stand to profit from it, just believe it to be an important work.
yeah,
didnt anybody notice, esp since they are all outside in their Sukkah Shacks???
Do folks really think this has something to do with Ahmadinejad? No sarcasm here, gang, I'm seriously wondering what people think.
I wonder if anyone thinks it has something to do with the massive movie shoot going on in the nabe now, too? (George Clooney and Brad Pitt are shooting Burn After Reading on Hicks, good day to get attention?)
I live in BH and this is pretty disturbing, actually. The first incident had the feel of someone going after someone in particular, since there's about five-something blocks between the two spots, but this one (with fliers???) is a little more bothersome. Maybe the first group of clowns brought all the other ones out to the surface.
#7, regardless of your feelings for that book, what does the Israel lobby have to do with swastikas spray painted on brownstones and temples?
How much you wanna bet this is the handiwork of bored kids looking for a reaction-- and they probably don't even comprehend the meaning behind the swastika...
israel = wmd
Its not the jews, its not the muslims, its not the americans, its not the blacks... Its me. I'm the reason the world is f*cked up.
I'm sorry.
I'll try to do better.
Tim may be onto something. Forget Ahmadinejad, maybe it was the Coen Brothers. Either way, it is disturbing and, not to mention, annoying to wake up and find any kind of racist/anti-semitic grafitti scrawled on your residence.
Just get over it. Reaction only makes people want to do this, it pushes buttons. GET OVER IT. Life isn't fair.
I don't think it has anything to do with Ahmedinejad - I think it is just the usual group of racist teens but because of the recent news, it's been conflated into something much bigger than it really is.
I'm getting that book number seven.
thank you. and I will read it proudly and if anyone tries anything, my fox OC spray and hidden mic will be ready.
I think blaming Ahmadinejad is reaching just a bit. This coincided with the High Holy Days; I think that's a lot more coincidental. Ahmadinejad's not a white American male, so somehow I'm not so sure the neo-Nazis would be thinking too highly of him.
Regardless of what their motivation, it's still disgusting. We don't need to know why they did it to know they got they attention they wanted.
It's a jewish conspiracy. You know they were at home going "ahmeddinjehad is coming to speak, how can we get sympathy?" so they draw swastikas on their own homes to cause public outrage to play on our sympathies. Oldest Jew Trick in the Book.
It has to be the jews. How the hell can you go into a jewish neighborhood, draw all those swastikas and hate slogans and not get caught by the omnipresent jew eye gang. They watch their neighborhood like hawks cause they are so insular. I call bullshit.
There's always a rise in this kind of thing around the major Jewish holidays... and Yom Kippur was this past weekend and Rosh Hashanah was last weekend. Of course, historically, anti-semetic acts in old Europe were rampant on those holidays, but even worse over Christmas and Easter. It was forbidden in some communities to even learn Torah on Christmas/Easter - mainly so you'd be 100% ready to get the hell out of your house should a "pogram" come to your town.
This single lurker who probablly writes all the racist and anti-semitic crap on Gothamist is a ridiculous fool. Nazi jerk. Viva free speech! So I am exercising mine. I'll type it again: Nazi jerk.
slappy why can't you tolerate their intolerance?
and to #15...
Hatred and racism are not a part of "life is unfair" - "get over it". They are dangerous, hurtful attitudes that lead to violence and repression. Perhaps you don't feel victimized by such things. Take your head out of the sand and realize that an injury to one is an injury to all. That's the basis of a truly free society. Racism and Anti-Semitism doesn't go away by itself by you just ignoring it. It takes action and the raising of voices to overcome it. Are you the lurker I mentioned in post #22? If not, you are certainly his ally. That's how it happened in Germany.
Tolerance does not mean tolerating racism. Racism is intolerance.
Moreover,
#23
You misread the Bill or Rights, Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution, not to mention the better part of your human soul. Go live in a fascist regime if you find joy and justice in hatred.
ive been seeing alot of swastika's on bus's
last night i was on a Q11 bus
and on the seat in front of me it said
"kill jews" with a swastika
and that definatly wasnt the first time ive encountered something of that nature
any swastikas found in black neighborhoods in Brooklyn? the Q11 goes through some pretty pricey real estate.
28
huh? Oh.... he baaa-aack!
slappy: so you are defining tolerance now? why can't you tolerate my racism?
20 detectives are on this case????
thank you, I'll be here all night,
all day, everyday. thank you.
I told you. Its one dumb guy who is posting ALL the racist stuff. That is a significant fact. We've got your number now, dumbass. "guest" indeed. Join the human race.
turn off your TV people.
is is racist to question the authenticity of these reports?
i have nothing against jews,
I just beleive that some of these reports are false.
its a sympton of a disturbed individual looking for easy attention, perverse satisfaction by provoking a negative response,
"Communists!" HA!
This was obviously the work of Jews. They can't find the perp because the perp is a Jew. Jews have a history of doing things like this to either extort money or sympathy from a community.