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Behind the Aegis

(56,178 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:54 PM 23 hrs ago

Swastikas, Hitler graffiti spray painted on NYC synagogue, homes

Swastikas and Hitler graffiti were spray-painted on a synagogue, a Jewish center, homes, and a vehicle in New York City, by at least four people still at large.

Congregation Machane Chodosh in Forest Hills was the synagogue that was spray-painted, which Rabbi Yossi Mendelson told the New York Post on Monday was “very upsetting.”

“The rabbi who founded our synagogue was himself a German refugee and dedicated the synagogue to the memory of the synagogues that were destroyed in Germany and the Jews who were murdered for being Jewish,” Mendelson said.

“The street is named Holocaust Memorial Corners so it feels so much more significant that this happened, it brings up our history and reminds us that we have to stick together and we have no choice but to lean into our identity and celebrate it.”










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Swastikas, Hitler graffiti spray painted on NYC synagogue, homes (Original Post) Behind the Aegis 23 hrs ago OP
K&R Solly Mack 23 hrs ago #1
I hope these assholes are caught and punished MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #2
They didn't do anything wrong...why PCIntern 23 hrs ago #3
I can't imagine letting going that far down the hate path EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #4
That's part of the problem... Behind the Aegis 15 hrs ago #6
quite a few comments on the twitter threads mopinko 8 hrs ago #10
Well of course! Behind the Aegis 28 min ago #11
mamdani is getting roasted in the comments. mopinko 23 hrs ago #5
Is he now? For caring about all the Cha 15 hrs ago #8
does he, tho? mopinko 8 hrs ago #9
He doesn't have to "care" about anyone leftstreet 26 min ago #12
Damn the Sneaky Swastika Cha 15 hrs ago #7

PCIntern

(28,540 posts)
3. They didn't do anything wrong...why
Wed May 6, 2026, 04:08 PM
23 hrs ago

they were just tourists passing through and got lost so they started drawing a square block map on the wall and then figured out how to get out. Just another day…

just in case

My brother of blessed memory lived in Forest Hills just off Ascan Avenue up until the day he died. This would have sent him nearly over the edge.

EdmondDantes_

(2,009 posts)
4. I can't imagine letting going that far down the hate path
Wed May 6, 2026, 04:35 PM
23 hrs ago

Even if I somehow got convinced all Jewish people were bad, the nazis were losers.

Behind the Aegis

(56,178 posts)
6. That's part of the problem...
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:14 AM
15 hrs ago

...in the "new math", Nazis were just victims of Jews/Zionists. Holocaust inversion is a real thing and becoming more and more prevalent.

Behind the Aegis

(56,178 posts)
11. Well of course!
Thu May 7, 2026, 03:12 PM
28 min ago

Because this is the "real" one:



So, see, the others were just "peace symbols" not drawn the wrong way by uneducated, Jew hating bigots. Plus, it is free speech and political protest and reminding Jews of what they have become, and like the Nazis, they will get what the deserve.

I think I hit the most frequent excuses.

Cha

(320,307 posts)
8. Is he now? For caring about all the
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:28 AM
15 hrs ago

People of NYC.

I was thinking Mamdani made a good statement.

mopinko

(73,863 posts)
9. does he, tho?
Thu May 7, 2026, 06:53 AM
8 hrs ago

i cant know what’s in the guys heart, but i dont think he rly cares for jews.

leftstreet

(41,200 posts)
12. He doesn't have to "care" about anyone
Thu May 7, 2026, 03:15 PM
26 min ago

He does have to represent his constituents and the people of New York

Seems like he's doing it so far

Cha

(320,307 posts)
7. Damn the Sneaky Swastika
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:25 AM
15 hrs ago

Attackers on Jewish Synagogues & Homes.

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