Egged menorah in Boca Raton classified as hate crime!
Palm Beach County had its second hate crime this month against Jews when a menorah was bombarded with eggs at the Chabad Student Center in Boca Raton.
Rabbi Boruch Shmuel Liberow woke up Wednesday morning to find eggs and egg shells splattered around his 2008 Honda Civic that's topped with a two-foot menorah. The eggs dried up overnight and caused about $1,200 in damage to the car's paint, according to the police report.
It's the only menorah in the 900 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue. The five-year-old student center serves a few hundred students from Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Community College and Lynn University. Police are still investigating the crime and Liberow said he had no threats prior to the vandalism.
"The menorah on the car is the only one in the area, that's why they classified it as a hate crime," police spokeswoman Sandra Boonenberg said.
In the first hate crime case this month, Palm Beach Gardens police arrested a man on Dec. 9 who allegedly smashed a mezuzah, made insulting remarks about Judaism and painted a Nazi swastika on a former tenant's apartment over a civil dispute. The victim stopped paying rent to suspect Anthony David Schell, 32, when she learned the unit was in foreclosure, police said.
Liberow said though the crime is disturbing, it only strengthens the message of Hanukkah.
"This was a message for us to continue with more goodness and kindness," Liberow said, "to bring more light to the world."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/egged-menorah-in-boca-raton-classified-as-hate-130679.html
Okay its one thing that the Conservatives are offended because someone said Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas... But its another when your religous simbol is egged!
Palm Beach County had its second hate crime this month against Jews when a menorah was bombarded with eggs at the Chabad Student Center in Boca Raton.
Rabbi Boruch Shmuel Liberow woke up Wednesday morning to find eggs and egg shells splattered around his 2008 Honda Civic that's topped with a two-foot menorah. The eggs dried up overnight and caused about $1,200 in damage to the car's paint, according to the police report.
It's the only menorah in the 900 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue. The five-year-old student center serves a few hundred students from Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Community College and Lynn University. Police are still investigating the crime and Liberow said he had no threats prior to the vandalism.
"The menorah on the car is the only one in the area, that's why they classified it as a hate crime," police spokeswoman Sandra Boonenberg said.
In the first hate crime case this month, Palm Beach Gardens police arrested a man on Dec. 9 who allegedly smashed a mezuzah, made insulting remarks about Judaism and painted a Nazi swastika on a former tenant's apartment over a civil dispute. The victim stopped paying rent to suspect Anthony David Schell, 32, when she learned the unit was in foreclosure, police said.
Liberow said though the crime is disturbing, it only strengthens the message of Hanukkah.
"This was a message for us to continue with more goodness and kindness," Liberow said, "to bring more light to the world."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/egged-menorah-in-boca-raton-classified-as-hate-130679.html
Okay its one thing that the Conservatives are offended because someone said Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas... But its another when your religous simbol is egged!
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