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Behind the Aegis

(55,945 posts)
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 08:23 PM 16 hrs ago

(JEWISH GROUP) This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed

The remains of a synagogue in southern California destroyed in last January’s Eaton wildfire were vandalized over the weekend with anti-Zionist messages.

The rabbi of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and the Anti-Defamation League decried the vandalism as antisemitic.

“The vandalism of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is antisemitism — full stop,” ADL Los Angeles senior regional director David Englin said in a statement. “This was a deliberate act of hate meant to intimidate a Jewish community already rebuilding after last year’s fire, and it comes at a time when antisemitism is already at unprecedented levels in California and nationwide. Targeting a synagogue is simply unacceptable and represents an attack on our entire community.”

Photographs of the graffiti showed that it was scrawled in black spray paint on an exterior wall fence and read “RIP Renee” followed by “F— Zionizm” [sic].




The remains of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center following the Eaton Fire in Jan. 2025. Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

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Stay clASSy, anti-Semites!
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(JEWISH GROUP) This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed (Original Post) Behind the Aegis 16 hrs ago OP
SMH. I remember when houses of worship were off-limits. LoisB 16 hrs ago #1
They were never off limits JustAnotherGen 4 hrs ago #2
Right. LoisB 1 hr ago #4
The anti-semites JustAnotherGen 4 hrs ago #3

JustAnotherGen

(37,616 posts)
2. They were never off limits
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:47 AM
4 hrs ago

Black Churches
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/18/us/19blackchurch.html

Synagogues History of attacks in the USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_on_Jewish_institutions


I'm a UU - this happened over a decade ago:
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/how-knoxville-church-shooting-changed-my-life


I'll also add - there is a direct line of historical alliance between foundational Black Americans and the Jewish community. We are one.

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