The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an anti-Semitic incident which took place on the UES this weekend.
It happened at about 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, when an unknown male suspect approached Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue at 125 East 85th Street, between Park and Lexington avenues. He then wrote anti-Semitic graffiti on a display screen next to the synagogue before running west on East 85th Street.
Police describe the male suspect as having short black hair and a slim build, and believe he is about 25 years old. He was last seen wearing a white tank top, camouflage shorts and white sneakers.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter. All calls are strictly confidential.
God forbid the color of this hateful loser’s skin be noted in the description. I know we can see it in the video, but still, can’t commit it to print?
OK, so it’s anti-social to graffiti. But really a “hate crime”? Perhaps someone can explain why “Jesus Saintzz” is considered antisemitic and hateful? Jesus was Jewish. If we’re going to go down the route of being offended (calling it an anti Jewish hate crime) maybe because Jesus was a heretic, in the view of the other Jews, then how come NYPD are not going after the person who is putting up the “Messiah Is Here” (google it) stickers nearby the same synagogue as the dude with the sharpie pen wrote his slogan. Or maybe Jesus is his “tagger” “handle”.
Isn’t this a bit problematic folks? There is enough real hate and haters out there to find and criminalize without beating this kind of thing up.
Or is the Messiah dude off the hook for exactly the same kind of vandalism because he’s a kindly looking elder, white, Jewish guy, not a young man of color?