‘An expression of sleazeballness:’ Montreal synagogue hit with antisemitic graffiti
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Multiple swastikas spray painted on the doors and windows of the Bagg Street Shul in Montreal were removed early Wednesday morning by the group Erasing Hate.
Antisemitic symbols spray painted on a Montreal synagogue over the weekend have been erased.
Multiple black swastikas spray painted on the doors and windows of the Bagg Street Shul were removed early Wednesday morning by the group Erasing Hate.
“This is a cowardly act that is done in the middle of the night to neighborhoods and we are not going to let that happen anymore. The hate goes up and within hours the hate goes down,” founder Corey Fleischer said.
Michael Kaplan, president and director of the synagogue, says this is the first blatant racist act that he has experienced, downplaying the significance of the vandalism.
“I interpret the recent incident of the last couple of days as being nothing more than an expression of sleazeballness – some halfwit with a spray can,” Kaplan said.
“I have no reason to think other than positively about the people around this building.”
“The relationship between the synagogue and its neighbors has been nothing but cordial and warm in all the years I’ve been associated,” Kaplan said.