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Swastika painted on car of Dallas rabbi involved in legal battle over home-based religious service
A rabbi locked in a legal battle over holding religious services in a Far North Dallas home says he found a swastika spray-painted on his car on Wednesday evening.
“I feel completely violated,” Rabbi Yaakov Rich, the leader of Congregation Toras Chaim, said in a statement. “As a Jew, the swastika is the most offensive symbol that there is. They didn’t just attack me, they attacked every Jew in the City of Dallas. I am very grateful, however, that the members of Congregation Toras Chaim are banding together to ensure that there is no disruption in our activities.”
The statement was issued by The Liberty Institute, a Plano-based non-profit organization that defends religious liberty cases.
“We are horrified to hear of this act of hatred against Rabbi Rich, his family, and Congregation Toras Chaim,” said Justin Butterfield, senior counsel for the institute which is defending the synagogue.
Read more: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/rabbi-found-swastika-painted-on-his-car.html/
Related story: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/richardson-lake-highlands/headlines/20150303-dallas-sues-orthodox-jewish-synagogue-that-meets-in-residential-area.ece
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