vandalism

Mezuzahs under attack:

Mezuzah repression: A new sign of the times?

Jewish people use mezuzahs to identify a Jewish home, but in 2018 anti-Semitism put mezuzahs under attack.

Swastika painted on California synagogue

Swastika discovered on Reform synagogue which also serves as Jewish pre-school.

Neo-Nazis deface Australian old age home with swastikas

Aged care facility that is home to Holocaust survivors in Melbourne defaced with swastikas by neo-Nazi organization.

Politicians condemn desecration of tombstone of A-G's father

Israeli politicians urge police to bring to justice the vandals who desecrated tombstone of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's father.

Brussels: Vehicle menorah vandalized

Vandals damage menorah placed on vehicle of European Jewish leader. His response: 'We will double the number of public menorahs.'

No-migrant Slovakia among has one of lowest crime rates in EU

Countries in EU with lowest overall levels of reported crime are home to few migrants, according to EU survey.

Menorah toppled near Harvard University

Large menorah toppled in public park near Harvard University before start of Hanukkah.

Menorah vandalized at Penn State University

Vandals hit 9-foot menorah in front of fraternity house in Penn State University.

Office of Jewish professor at Columbia U vandalized

Swastikas spray painted on walls of the office of Elizabeth Midlarsky, professor of psychology and education, at Columbia Teachers College.

Miami Beach Chabad-Lubavitch center vandalized

Orthodox Jewish center in southern Florida vandalized with swastika, upside-down cross.

Jewish cemetery vandalized in Moldova

Jewish headstone in Moldova painted with swastika. In separate incident, hundreds of Jewish headstones found at military base in Ukraine.

California synagogue defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti

"F*** Jews" spray-painted on walls of Beth Jacob synagogue in Irvine. Local police investigating.

Headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Texas

Headstones pushed over at Hebrew Rest Cemetery, more than 100 years old, in Texas port city of Orange.

Suspect nabbed in torching of Torah scroll

Police arrest 35-year-old suspected of stealing, burning Torah scroll in Israeli coastal city of Hadera.

Who torched Israeli synagogue's Torah scroll?

Worshippers at synagogue in Israeli coastal town of Hadera horrified to find Torah scroll stolen and torched.

Man sets fire and draws devil outside California synagogue

Suspect says 'God told him' to fire set outside of Northern California synagogue, devil scrawled nearby.

Watch: Hate crime in Palestinian Arab village

Prior to police investigation, leftist organization claims vandalism to be the fault of Jewish extremists.

Netanya synagogue vandalized over holiday

Satanic symbols spray-painted by night, worshipers awake to find vandalized house of prayer.

New York public sukkah vandalized; Jews respond with love

Vandals spray-paint anti-Israel graffiti on Chabad sukkah in Manhattan; NY Mayor condemns act as police investigate to locate suspects.

Polish police arrest suspect in synagogue vandalism

Police in Gdansk detain a 27-year-old man suspected of smashing a synagogue window during Yom Kippur.

Headstones toppled at NJ Jewish cemetery

Vandals topple New Jersey headstones, including one belonging to Jewish World War II veteran.

Holocaust victim memorials vandalized in Estonia

Vandals destroy multiple Holocaust memorials at Kalevi-Liiva, Harju County, execution site of thousands of victims of Nazism.

Synagogue vandalism: Police arrest two suspects

Suspect may have intended to do more damage than he did, police say.

Suspect arrested in vandalism of Wiesel's childhood home

Romanian police arrest 37-year-old man whom they suspect wrote anti-Semitic slogans on childhood home of Elie Wiesel.

Sweden burns:

Muslims torch scores of cars 'almost like military operation'

Gothenburg and surrounding towns see 'new', 'coordinated' violence.

Romania: Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Elie Wiesel's home

Police launch inquiry after discovering 'public toilet' and 'Nazi Jew' scrawled on home of Holocaust survivor.

Holocaust memorial vandalized in Poland

Memorial to Holocaust victims in Plock vandalized, swastikas painted on fence of town's Jewish cemetery.

Video reveals:

Foreign observer punctures tire in Hevron

Foreign observers commit hate crime against car of Jewish Hevron resident Elad Fass. Here's how it looks

Toronto: 'Achtung' sprayed on sign promoting Holocaust education

UJA Federation, CIJA, condemn anti-Semitic vandalism in Toronto.

Australia: Pro-Israel MP's office vandalized

Vandals deface Jewish Australian lawmaker’s office with anti-Israel slogans.

Kosher restaurant attacker in Amsterdam convicted

Syrian who smashed windows of kosher eatery convicted of vandalism, but will not serve more time in jail despite being unrepentant.

Greek Holocaust memorial vandalized

Vandals smear paint on Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki.

Swastikas discovered in Connecticut town

Swastikas discovered carved into picnic tables in town of Ridgefield, which has experienced similar incidents in the past.

England: Vandals smash headstones at Jewish cemetery

Over 30 headstones toppled, smashed, at Jewish cemetery in Manchester.

‘This shop belongs to a Jew’

‘Jew-owned’ shop in Italy, Holocaust monuments in France and Holland vandalized.

Vandals to meet, work with, victims to make amends

Students who vandalized their high school can face their victims instead of prosecution.

Israeli teen admits to defacing Auschwitz memorial

Israeli teenager admits to urinating on a memorial at the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau, will pay a fine.

Henkin family monument renovated

IDF fighters and Hitzim Yeshiva students renovate and improve monument at murder scene after Arab vandal desecration.

Memorial for Henkins desecrated

Memorial for couple murdered in front of their children by terrorists vandalized by Arab rioters.

Vandals slash car tires, spray paint graffiti in Arab town

Apparent Price Tag incident in PA town as vehicle tires punctured, Hebrew graffiti spray painted on walls, vehicles.

'Expel them or kill them' - Vandals target Arab towns

Apparent 'Price Tag' vandalism in Arab towns in Samaria with damage to cars and graffiti demanding end to demolitions of Jewish outposts.

Room for Jewish student union at Sorbonne vandalized

5 days after murder of Holocaust survivor, room at prestigious Paris university defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, its furniture destroyed.

New Jersey synagogue vandalized

Holocaust memorial at Congregation Sons of Israel in Lakewood vandalized for the second time in less than a year.

Poland demands explanation following embassy vandalism

Polish Foreign Ministry demands explanation for vandalism of its embassy in Tel Aviv.

'Death to Arabs' spray-painted on Arab cars in Samaria

Arab cars vandalized in Samaria with slogans including 'Death to Arabs', and 'Transfer Now'.

Ashdod municipality windows smashed over Shabbat fines

Windows of Collection and Welfare Department smashed after businesses receive Shabbat fines. Mayor: 'Incitement leads to violence.'

Rioters vandalize US diplomatic vehicle in Bethlehem

PA rioters disrupt marketing workshop featuring US speaker accompanied by consular security personnel, attacking vehicle as it speeds off.

Rabin memorial vandalized with swastika in Tel Aviv

Knife-wielding man arrested after Rabin memorial bust in Tel Aviv vandalized with swastika, 'Thank you, 6 million' written in German.

ADL 'concerned' over anti-Semitism in Manhattan

ADL expresses ‘concern’ over spate of anti-Semitic, racist vandalism in Manhattan.

'They threw prayer books in the toilet, they ripped everything'

Jews in Iranian city of Shiraz shocked over the vandalism in the city’s Hadash Synagogue.

Watch: Israeli embassy vandalized in Athens

Far-left group splatters red paint across Israel's embassy in Athens, decries 'oppression of Palestinians'.

Report: Vandals attack Iran synagogue, destroy Torah scrolls

Vandals break into the Hadash Synagogue in the Iranian city of Shiraz, destroy Torah scrolls and deface prayer books. Police investigating.

Memorial to terror victim destroyed

Memorial to Danny Gonen, murdered by Arab he stopped to help, vandalized for 4th time and utterly destroyed, 'Army inaction led to this.'

Youths smash dozens of headstones in Serbian Jewish cemetery

Serbian youth jump fence, smash headstones, in Jewish cemetery.

3 public menorahs vandalized near Atlantic City

3 menorahs in New Jersey city vandalized 4 times over Hanukkah holiday.

Ukrainian vandals smear animal blood on menorah

Days after vandals spray-paint swastika on menorah in Ukrainian capital of Kiev, Hanukkah symbol vandalized with animal blood.

Joseph's Tomb vandalized

IDF soldiers entering Joseph's Tomb in Shechem discover local Arabs broke windows, light fixtures, and more.

American teen sentenced over Auschwitz vandalism

Polish court gives suspended one-year sentence to 17-year-old American for scratching his name into the barracks at Nazi death camp.

Holocaust memorial in Athens vandalized

Vandals strip inscriptions written by Elie Wiesel from Athens' Holocaust memorial.

Vandals break into Virginia synagogue

Man, woman break in to and vandalize Orthodox synagogue in Virginia. 'Whoever did this garbage doesn't represent us,' say locals.