Brooklyn synagogue with Holocaust survivors in congregation falls victim to anti-Semitic graffiti vandal with 'Hitler' spray painted on front has happened, officials said Wednesday.
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Vernikov said he received a text message from Rabbi Asher Altshul, who saw vandalism upon arriving at the synagogue around 6:30 a.m.
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"This is not what you [just] see in the media. This is It's happening in our backyard," Vernikov, who lives three blocks from the chapel, said in a video posted to Twitter.
"There are Holocaust survivors participating in this Shull," she added. "And after the atrocities they saw during World War II, they must now come to the Synagogue in the United States in 2022 and see the Hitler sign on the wall.
Vernikov said in a subsequent interview that police officers from the 61st Precinct were investigating suspected hate crimes while volunteers from the Shomrim Patrol posted hateful graffiti.
is very scary. Vernikov, a Ukrainian-born Jew whose six million people were killed in the Nazi genocide during World War II, said.
Recent reports show that anti-Semitism is on the rise both in New York City and across the country, with reported incidents of physical assaults Graffiti and vandalism.
Bernnikov said he was pressuring educational institutions, includingCity University of New York, to confront anti-Semitism among faculty and students.
