Jewish groups condemned the graffiti as anti-Semitic.
A witness recorded a man spray painting “Free Palestine” on a Wisconsin synagogue’s driveway on the evening of Aug.27. The witness, Julio Rosas, posted the video on social media. The vandalism occurred during protests in Kenosha, Wis., in response to a police officer-involved shooting of a Black man named Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back seven times during a dispute on Aug.23. The incident was recorded by several witnesses; Blake was hospitalized and reportedly is paralyzed. Rosas, a reporter for the conservative website Townhall.com, tweeted footage of the vandalism: Someone from the BLM crowd spray-painted “Free Palestine” in the driveway of the Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/sJACaqZlai Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 27, 2020 Beth Hillel Temple Rabbi Dena Feingold told Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), “We support the movement for Black lives, and we know that one person with a can of spray paint does not speak for an entire cause. We pray for Jacob Blake and decry the vigilante murders that took place a block from our synagogue two nights ago. Our call is for justice and peace in our community and around the world.
