This is a list of anti-Semitic attacks and vandalism against synagogue buildings and property in Israel. Vandalism of synagogues is not uncommon in Israel. [Wikipedia]
1986
June
In Tel Aviv on June 11, the Bnei Benjamin synagogue was torched and swastikas were daubed on the walls of the Great Synagogue.[1] On June 16, vandals rampaged through the Chidushei Harim yeshiva destroying tefillin, prayer books, bibles and copies of the Talmud, scrawling "down with the black parasites" on the walls.[2] In Jerusalem, a Chabad synagogue was ransacked and the Torah scroll was slashed and hundreds of prayer books were destroyed. The violence was instigated in retaliation for the destruction of multiple bus shelters by religious Jews[3] with one group calling itself Citizens Against Zealotry threatening to burn a synagogue for every bus shelter destroyed. MK Rabbi Avraham Yosef Shapira declared that "only in an anti-Semitic country could such acts take place."[4] Knesset Speaker Shlomo Hillel said the synagogue arson was reminiscent "of the worst experience of the Jewish people."[5] Israeli President Chaim Herzog called the synagogue attacks "domestic anti-Semitism."[6]
1997
October 7
In Jerusalem, vandals daubed swastikas and "damned wicked ones" at the entrance to the Harel Reform synagogue.[7]
October 12
In Kfar Sava, a Conservative synagogue was vandalised on Yom Kippur and had the mezuzah ripped off the doorpost.[7]
2000
June
In Beersheba, the Masorti Eshel Avraham Synagogue had its windows smashed. In Jerusalem, a blaze at the Conservative Kehillat Ya'ar Ramot synagogue damaged the main sanctuary, furniture and prayer books. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called it "an awful act that causes every Jew to shudder" adding that "it is seven times more shocking when it occurs in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Israel".[8]
2003
April
In Bnei Brak, six synagogues were set on fire; a seventh was sprayed with graffiti.[9]
May 22
In Jerusalem, the Mevakshei Derech Reform synagogue had its windows smashed.[10]
2005
January 26
in Beer Sheva, swastikas and "Death to the Jews, Heil Hitler" in Russian were painted on the wall of a synagogue.[11]
May 21
In Nazareth Illit, the Bnei Akiva synagogue was ransacked and prayer books desecrated and burned.[12]
2006
February 11
In Tel Aviv, considerable damage was caused to the Geulat Yisrael synagogue in the Shenkin neighbourhood. Windows were smashed and walls daubed with "If we don't march in Jerusalem – you won't walk in Tel Aviv".[13]
March 5
In Petah Tikva, swastikas and "death to Jews" was sprayed on at a synagogue.[14][15]
May 4
In Petah Tikva, approximately 20 swastikas are sprayed on the Holy Ark, Torah scroll and walls of the Great Synagogue.[16][17]
2007
March 10
In Haifa, Nazi swastikas and a drawing of a nude woman were scrawled on the wall.[18]
September 30
In Haifa, the sukkah of the Neve David synagogue was burnt down and prayer books were sprayed with "death to religious people". A witness said the culprits gave the Nazi salute while calling "Heil Hitler".[19]
November 7
In Bnei Brak, the Biala synagogue on Ezra Street had its property smeared in feces and doused with wine.[20]
2008
May 7
In Bnei Brak, a Holy Ark was sprayed with satanic graffiti and gasoline poured on the floor. Police said three other local synagogues had also been targeted.[21]
2009[
March 8
In Haifa, the Neve Zion synagogue was set ablaze. A week earlier on March 3, the Heichal Shimshon synagogue in the same neighbourhood was set on fire and the Holy Ark and prayer books were damaged.[22]
August 30
In Haifa, the Naveh Shaanan synagogue was subject to an arson attack.[23]
November 8
In Ashkelon, vandals broke into the N’vei Dekalim synagogue damaging furniture, prayer books and alms boxes.[24]
2010
April 17
In Ajami, swastikas and Palestinian flags were drawn on the walls of the Beit El synagogue.[25]
June 23
In Tiberias, intruders smashed every window and ripped out antiquated metal bars of a historic building serving as a Chabad-Lubavitch center. $5,000 in cash was stolen along with silverware and computers.[26]
2011
March 25
In Netanya, the Reform Beit Yisrael synagogue was subjected to stone-throwing attacks by Haredi youths which continued for at least three consecutive weeks.[27]
April 14
In Raanana, a Reform synagogue had its windows shattered and was sprayed with graffiti for third time in recent months.[28]
October 8
In Jaffa, a synagogue was firebombed after two Arab cemeteries were vandalised.[29]
October 12
In Safed, "Death to Jews" was scrawled on four synagogues.[30]
December 30
In Ashdod, a synagogue wall was sprayed with swastikas and "Death to Haredim".[31]
2012[edit]
January 15
In Hemed, Torah scrolls were thrown on the floor and covered with mud.[32]
May 28
In Hamat Tiberias, the ancient synagogue mosaic was smashed and daubed with graffiti in protest of archeological digs at ancient gravesites. The head of the Eastern Galilee and Golan region of the Antiquities Authority said the vandalism "destroyed one of the most magnificent synagogues in the country," and that "the damage is irreversible, it's doubtful we will be able to see the mosaic like it was before... The mosaic floor was here for 1,600 years until these vandals destroyed so many years of history.”[33][34]
June 22
In Maor, vandals sprayed praise for Mohammed and Muslim prayers on the walls of a synagogue.[35]
2013
May 26
In Haifa, a synagogue was sprayed with swastikas, anti-Semitic graffiti and drawings indicating devil worship.[36]
May 29
In Bat Yam, windows were smashed and swastikas were daubed on the walls of the Ha’Ohel synagogue. The warden, who suffered a panic attack, said "for how long must we feel that we are still in exile? This is the fourth time in a month." A month earlier crosses and the phrase "brothel" was scrawled on the walls.[37]
July 30
In Netanya, ten Torah scrolls were burnt by a thief attempting to cover his tracks in a synagogue on Nordau Street.[38]
August 23
In Ramat Eshkol, inside a synagogue belonging to Bnei Akiva, the Torah scroll had been flung to the ground and graphic images sprayed on the walls.[39]
December 31
In Tel Aviv, Nazi slogans and swastikas are spray-painted at the Gr"a synagogue.[40]
2014
January 10
In Ezer, vandals broke off the Torah Ark door and tore the Torah scrolls which had been thrown on the floor.[41]
January 30
In Raanana, a Reform synagogue was sprayed with quotes from the writings of Moses Maimonides on heretics.[42]
May 12
In Jerusalem, the entrance sign to the Masorti Moreshet Yisrael congregation was daubed with swastikas.[43]
November 30
In Tel Aviv, the words "In a place where the Jewish State bill will be legislated books will be burned," were painted on the wall of the International Synagogue. Believing that left-wing activists were behind the attack, the rabbi called it a "clear act of anti-Semitism."[44]
2015
May 31
In Ra'anana, anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed on the Ahavat Reim Synagogue. The vandals also desecrated Mezuzah parchments by using their own blood to paint crosses and swastikas on them before plastering them on the walls of the synagogue. The police chief called the incident a "heinous desecration of religious symbols."[45]
July 23
In Jerusalem, the Pitchei Olam synagogue on King George Street was daubed with swastikas and the curtain of the Holy Ark was burnt.[46]
July 26
In Bnei Brak on Tisha B'Av, the Beis Chabad was vandalized and the Holy Ark was set alight.[47]
November 25
In Arad, a severed pig's foot was hung near the entrance of a recently inaugurated Haredi synagogue.[48]
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