(KRON) — The Jewish Group Relations Council (JCRC) Bay Space chapter stated the Lake Merritt Menorah by the Chabad Jewish Heart of Oakland was focused by vandals on the final evening of Hanukkah, for the second time in two years.
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The JCRC posted video on social media Thursday displaying the “disgusting and hateful” vandalism from Jan. 2 that compares Israelis to Nazis.
A JCRC spokesperson advised KRON4 {that a} local people member from the Oakland Jewish Alliance instantly cleaned up the graffiti.
Final yr, one other menorah in the identical space was damaged aside into items after which thrown into the water.
The Oakland Police Division confirmed to KRON4 that officers responded to the world of twelfth Road and Lake Merritt Boulevard at 1:15 p.m. Friday after receiving studies {that a} menorah had been vandalized with graffiti. Oakland PD stated the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
