Pointing to recent hate crimes in Rockland County, Legislature Chairman Alden Wolfe Tuesday called for a commission to study anti-Semitism and racism in the county.

Rockland is a very diverse county and Wolfe said he was �shocked and disappointed� over two recent incidents where two locations were vandalized and defaced with swastikas and racist slogans.

�It�s really important that hate is often caused by ignorance and bringing a group of concerned people together and try to get to the bottom of why such hate exists and perhaps build bridges rather burn them I think would do a lot of good for the county,� he said.

Wolfe said it must be �crystal clear that our county has no tolerance for racism and anti-Semitism, because people who hate don�t differentiate between race or religion. They just hate.�

(Source: MidHudsonNews)