Dozens of headstones damaged and overturned at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia...

[HipChick]

http://6abc.com/news/headstones-damaged-at-philadelphia-jewish-cemetery-/1774127/


WISSINOMING (WPVI) --
Dozens of headstones at a Jewish cemetery in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia have been broken and overturned.

The Philadelphia police say this was an act of vandalism at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery on the corner of Frankford and Cheltenham avenues.Aaron Mallin of North Jersey made the disturbing discovery Sunday when he came to visit his father's grave.

"It's just very disheartening that such a thing would take place," Mallin said.He says he knows this doesn't look good, but is hoping that somehow this wasn't an anti-Semitic attack."I'm hoping it was maybe just some drunk kids. But the fact that there's so many, it leads one to think it could have been targeted," Mallin said.The damage is widespread all across the cemetery with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of headstones affected.Mallin just doesn't understand how someone could do this.

"It's just very heartbreaking," Mallin said.The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia tells Action News they will be opening a mailbox at jewishphilly.org later Sunday to begin raising money to help speed up the repairs of the cemetery.

[Sherman A1]

1. Sad,

Simply Sad.

[superpatriotman]

2. How do the Kushners feel about this?

What a sacrilege.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Again? This happened recently in St. Louis, too.

That was VP Pence's raking photo op.

[HipChick]

4. Hate Crimes....

Are they going to call it?

[gratuitous]

5. St. Louis, Philadelphia, who's next?

As usual, never read the comments, but there are numbskulls trying to make the case that this is Muslim vandalism, ignoring the fact that Muslims immediately began raising money to put things to right in St. Louis, and will doubtless step up in Philadelphia, too.

Clearly anti-Semites have been emboldened recently to act out their sickness. Nobody can say precisely why that is, except to say that it has nothing to do with the new administration because something something Jared Kushner, and don't say anything about Stephen Bannon. As if no other bigot on the face of the earth has a connection with the community he's prejudiced against. Misogynists don't have mothers or daughters, sisters or wives, you know. Or, because they have a close connection with women, they can't possibly be male chauvinists.

Yeah, right.

[MineralMan]

6. Not again, dammit!

We need to catch those who did these things and frog march them into court to answer for them.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Vandalism? No way. It's terrorism...

When equal numbers of Christian cemetaries get trashed, I'll allow the vandalism charge.

This is anti-semitism, plain and simple. And that equals terrorism.

[Initech]

9. Agreed! White bread domestic terrorism at that!

[Initech]

8. This is not OK, do you get that Trump fans???

[Rustyeye77]

10. Graffiti On History's Walls

It never ends.

[elias7]

11. It is terrorism

[Solly Mack]

12. These aren't random acts of vandalism. These are targeted attacks on Jewish cemeteries.

Makes a difference. These are hate crimes.

[Behind the Aegis]

13. Anti-Semitism has made an "awesome" comeback as of late.

It ranges from shit like this to defending casual anti-Semitic remarks.

[Mc Mike]

14. Nazi cowards. Sneak in at night,

and strike a glorious blow for the cause. Make sure the 'enemy' is already dead.

Cockroaches.