Beverly Hills PD’s Handling of Synagogue Vandalism Highlights Community Support

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On Dec. 14, Nessah Synagogue congregants arrived for Shabbat services to find their synagogue vandalized. Furniture had been flipped over, Jewish relics had been damaged and other property was destroyed. For the predominantly Persian congregation, a community that escaped religious persecution in Iran and have monitored with no small amount of anxiety the increasing reports of anti-Semitism in the United States and abroad, the scene was deeply unsettling. But then the police showed up. Beverly Hills PD enjoys a tremendous amount of support from the community, in part, because the community feels protected and supported by the police. “The police…


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