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NEWSBRIEFS Tween Arrested in NYC for Drawing
Swastikas on Playground
NEW YORK CITY POLICE arrested a 12-year-boy
Feb. 27 who draw multiple swastikas and anti-Semitic
messages on a school playground, JTA reported.

The unnamed boy was charged with aggravated
harassment. He was released to his mother.

A janitor at P.S. 139 in Queens discovered the
chalked messages on Feb. 22. Those messages included
“Hail Hitler” and “No Jews allowed,” according
to reports.

“Truly unbelievable. I am shocked that a 12-year-
old committed this crime. It’s completely unac-
ceptable and has no place in our society,” Council
Member Karen Koslowitz tweeted.

Mural in Los Angeles Under Fire as Anti-Semitic
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is Jewish, crit-
icized a mural that shows the Grim Reaper wearing a
garment adorned with Star of David while holding a
dead baby and a missile, the Los Angeles Times reported.

“Imagery like this should have no place in our
city,” Garcetti spokesman Alex Comisar said. “Mayor
Garcetti was incredibly upset by it. We’re looking into
the recourse that we have to have it taken down.”
The mural is painted on the Vortex, an event space
in downtown Los Angeles. In a Facebook statement,
the organization said the mural has been in place for
several years to acknowledge 9/11 as part of an “L.A.

vs. War” art show.

The Vortex said the artist “did not intend to
express an anti-Semitic message,” but also said it
“stands for free expression.”
Meantime, the Anti-Defamation League called for
the mural to be removed.

“For a venue that purports to welcome the com-
munity, the Vortex should join us in condemning
hateful imagery that invokes anti-Semitic canards,”
the organization said in a statement.

Lakewood Hires First Orthodox Jewish
Police Officer As Part of Diverse Class
The Lakewood, N.J., Police Department has hired
its first Orthodox Jewish police officer, according to
thelakewoodscoop.com. The officer wasn’t named by the website,
which said the department asked that new hires
not be named until they complete a six-month
police academy.

Police Chief Greg Meyer said the 13 offi-
cers were part of the most diverse class in the
department’s history.

Lakewood, which counts about 100,000 residents,
is heavily Jewish and has a large Orthodox population.

Chief Rabbi of Argentina Hospitalized
After Assault in His Home
Argentinian Chief Rabbi Davidovich suffered nine
broken ribs, damage to his lungs and facial bruising
after being attacked at his Buenos Aires home Feb. 25
in what police are investigating as a possible anti-Se-
mitic hate crime, The Algemeiner reported.

Davidovich, 62, was hospitalized after the attack.

He told police seven intruders attacked him and
yelled “We know you are the AMIA rabbi,” refer-
ring to the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires.

Davidovich’s wife was restrained and intimidated
during the attack, but not physically harmed. The
attackers stole money and other items before leaving.

A day earlier, seven graves in a Jewish ceme-
tery in western Argentina were desecrated with
Nazi symbols.

Jorge Knoblovits, president of the Argentine Jewish
communal organization DAIA, called the attack on
Davidovich an anti-Semitic act.

“In the world, there is a lot of room for ignorance,
and where there is ignorance, there is space for
anti-Semites,” he said. l
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