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Vandals Topple Headstones At Jewish Cemetery In Brooklyn

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A number of tombstones were overturned in an historic Jewish cemetery in New York, police said Sunday, the latest in rising number of apparent anti-Semitic incidents across the United States. Officers were called to the Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn on Saturday evening to investigate the vandalized graves, and the department’s hate crimes division has been notified, … Read more

Jewish Headstones Overturned Amid Anti-Semitism Rise

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Five tombstones were overturned in an historic Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, the latest in a spate of apparently anti-Semitic incidents across the United States, media reports said Sunday. CNN reported that the act of vandalism at Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn and was being investigated by a hate-crime task force of the New York City Police … Read more