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Yesterday morning a painted swastika was found at 800 Bedford Avenue (between Park and Flushing) in Williamsburg, it was one of five that were discovered on that block, and one of many discovered in recent weeks.
The Yeshiva World notes that the last known incident involving swastikas in Williamsburg occurred just this past week, an hour prior to a similar incident in Crown Heights. Independent of that, we received notice of two other swastikas found painted on a residential window and office door (both in Brooklyn) that same week. An increase in this particular type of hate crime may have to do with the upcoming Jewish holiday, Passover (April 19th to 27this, this year).
Council member Bill de Blasio commented on yesterday's discovery, the second of its kind this week, saying: "I am disgusted that hate crimes such as these have become so prevalent throughout Brooklyn. It's appalling that in 2008 we are still seeing this type of repulsive behavior. Intolerance, whether it comes to the Jewish community or any other group, is not acceptable. I will continue to work with the police to do everything possible to find out who is responsible for this and put an end to this disturbing pattern of hateful acts."
The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the latest incidents. Community members and elected officials have also been taking a stand, as some gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall last week to denounce hate crimes and sign a "Statement Against Hate."
Photo via The Brooklyn Paper.
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I love a chassid in a sharp suit.
you know, if an old man were to bite a babies foreskin off and spit it out with a mouthful of blood it would be criminal. Except when it's one of the monotheist religions approved by America.
If you love the person, you'll swallow...
Czech, I agree that's disgusting, but what does that have to do with the swastikas?
Where the HELL does a human physically bite into a foreskin?
I've been to several brisses and they all use a surgical instrument.
The Jews are good people. The sfatcheem who did this need to get their knees broken. Rather have a bunch of them living around than a bunch of mulignans!
Alot of those Jew girls are good in bed. If I got one of those time machine like in that movie and go whack Hitler when he was like two or something so there would be more bella Jew gnocca around.
I think Czech is confused about what happens at a bris.
There are a few ultra-orthodox communities where the bris includes a practice called metzitzh b'peh. This is where after the foreskin is removed (with surgical instruments), some of the blood is sucked away.
The practice is pretty uncommon in most Jewish circles (they used gauze--not suctioning--at my son's bris), and even in those where it is done, they often use a tube to do it so there's no contact between the mohel's mouth and the baby. But a couple years ago there was some mohel with oral herpes who infected a few ultra-orthodox babies (at least one of whom died), and that got a lot of attention:
http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/print.php?id=13676
http://www.jewishpress.com/displayContent_new.cfm?mode=a§ionid=1&contentid=18513&contentName=State%20Issues%20Guidelines%20for%20%3Ci%3EMetziza%20B'peh%3C/i%3E
There is no ceremony where an old man bites off a foreskin.
damn nazi hipsters
What's so wrong with hating a religion that belives they are the chosen people and refer to people who are not as goyim, who's talmud commands the observant one to thank his maker everyday that he was not born a woman?
Sorry, but Orthodox Judaism (as with just about any Orthodox religion) is more prejudice than a bunch of teens spray painting swastikas could ever hope to be.
I'm very anti-religion myself but I can't agree with you. Every religion's followers think they're special and that they have access to The Truth. No surprise. Goyim just means not Jewish. What's wrong with labeling someone not Jewish as not Jewish?
The swastika is a symbol of fascist ultra-murdering Nazis. The swastika is like the noose, a threat of death with very prejudiced and irrational undertones. Big difference from some people with an imaginary friend that you and I don't agree with.
That is not even the proper swastika symbol used by Hitler during Nazy Germany. It is off by a few degrees. In fact, that swastika can represent peace, prosperity, good luck, and protection; depending on what religion or culture. The Native Americans used it as a symbol for peace, for example. It saddens me even more to see that people are just as much rational as they are ignorant.