vandalism

Mount Dora Residents Respond After Hate Hits Their Town

Submitted by Laura on August 10, 2011 - 2:09pm
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Early last month, a group of four vandals set out on a hate-fueled excursion in their Mount Dora, Fla., neighborhood--spray cans in hand. Their target was the Traditional Congregation of Mount Dora, a newly erected synagogue that was scheduled to open in two weeks. 
 
On the morning of July 9, 2011, Mount Dora residents woke up to a shocking scene.

They Are Home: Nashville Supports its Muslim Community

Submitted by Emma on February 18, 2010 - 9:15pm
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Nashville, TN: 

"How terrible that someone would write ‘Muslims Go Home’ when they are home!” exclaimed a neighbor who helped organize a team of volunteers to support Nashville's Muslim community after a mosque was defaced.  The community's swift response reaffirmed its commitment to inclusiveness.

FEAR INSPIRES HATE

We Know History, and We’re Willing to Repeat It

Submitted by Sue Fishkoff on November 16, 2009 - 3:52am
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Campus Vandalism Inspires Outpouring of Support

Submitted by suefish on October 18, 2009 - 5:59pm
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On Oct. 2, Stanford University’s Jewish community celebrated the first night of Sukkot, the harvest festival that commemorates the Biblical story of the Israelites living in booths in the desert after their exodus from Egypt. As is traditional during the eight-day holiday, Jewish students and faculty at the Palo Alto campus ate dinner inside a sukkah, a three-sided hut built to observe the holiday. 

Eat-Ins To Support Victims of Hate

Inspired by the 1960s sit-ins, Billings NIOT members stage a series of eat-ins to support the owners of vandalized restaurants
 
By Cindy Konecny
 
In the late Spring of 2008 Bil