A Miami Beach temple was found vandalized with written messages of “KKK” and swastikas early Tuesday, a day after similar messages were found on a temple in west Miami-Dade.
The messages were found written in pen or marker on a banner outside Temple Emanu-El Synagogue at 1701 Washington Avenue.
According to a Miami Beach Police report, a witness called 911 after spotting a suspect outside the temple just before 3 a.m. Officers responded and searched the area but didn’t find the suspect.
On Monday, a swastika and the words “Iraq” and “Hamas” were found painted on a wall at Temple Beth Tov-Ahavat Shalo ?at 6438 Southwest 8th Street.
Four anti-Semitic incidents have been reported in less than two months in South Florida. In late July, the columns outside a North Miami Beach synagogue were defaced with red spray paint. Swastikas and the words �Hamas� framed the front entrance.
The weekend before the North Miami Beach incident, a Miami Beach home was targeted. One car was egged in multiple places and another was damaged by cream cheese. The words �Jew� and �Hamas� were smeared in two different areas.
(Source: NBC Miami)
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Actually, unfortunately NBC Miami is wrong. There were four incidents from Shabbos to Tuesday morning. That makes it 6 incidents in less than two months.
There were also two incidents in Surfside, FL (close to Miami Beach) – swastikas and kkk were painted onto a supermarket wall and onto a public park ground. See
http://www.wsvn.com/story/26476248/west-miami-temple-vandalized
And don’t forget the shooting….or is that still not classified as a hate crime?