{"id":401208,"date":"2019-03-25T05:09:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T04:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fall-river-massachusetts-jewish-cemetery-vandalized-with-anti-semitic-graffiti\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T05:09:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T04:09:26","slug":"fall-river-massachusetts-jewish-cemetery-vandalized-with-anti-semitic-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fall-river-massachusetts-jewish-cemetery-vandalized-with-anti-semitic-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall River, Massachusetts: Jewish cemetery vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>Fall River, Massachusetts: Jewish cemetery vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    By<br \/>\n    Kate Randall<br \/>\n    <br \/>23 March 2019<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon, March 17, police in Fall River responded to a report of vandalism at the Hebrew cemetery on McMahon Street in the southeastern Massachusetts city. The discovery was made by a cemetery maintenance worker. It is believed the vandalism occurred either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police originally reported that \u201capproximately 25 gravestones\u201d were defaced. But following a row-by-row examination of the cemetery on Tuesday, they announced on Wednesday that 59 gravestones had been defaced with anti-Semitic language and swastikas. Some had also been toppled over.<\/p>\n<p>Gravestones were defaced with black magic marker. In addition to swastikas, anti-Semitic phrases included \u201cHeil Hitler,\u201d \u201cExpel the Jews\u201d and \u201cOy vey! This is MAGA country,\u201d a reference to President Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign slogan, \u201cMake America Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Fall River-based <em>Herald News<\/em>, the phrase \u201cThe Day of the Rope\u201d was written on at least two gravestones. This appears to refer to a book of fiction about a white nationalist uprising against the United States government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageFull\" style=\"width:480px; oveflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/asset\/ce0e1767-cf9f-44f8-b779-606c23f2413H\/image.jpg?rendition=image480\" srcset=\"\/asset\/ce0e1767-cf9f-44f8-b779-606c23f2413H\/image.jpg?rendition=image960 2x\" width=\"480\" style=\"width:480px;\" \/><span>Defaced graves in Fall River, MA (Fall River Police Dept)<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The anti-Semitic incident in Fall River took place just days after the March 15 fascist terror attack on two Muslim mosques in Christchurch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/03\/18\/pers-m18.html\">New Zealand<\/a>, which left 50 dead. It also occurred less than six months after the October 27, 2018 mass shooting at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/10\/29\/pers-o29.html\">Pittsburgh synagogue<\/a> that killed 11.<\/p>\n<p>The Fall River attack, while claiming no lives, was inspired by the same white nationalist, fascistic views propounded by the Trump administration and right-wing governments in France, Italy, Brazil and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/03\/23\/fall-m23.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Fall River, Massachusetts: Jewish cemetery vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti By Kate Randall 23 March 2019 On Sunday afternoon, March 17, police in Fall River responded to a report of vandalism at the Hebrew cemetery on McMahon Street in the southeastern Massachusetts city. The discovery was made by a cemetery maintenance worker. 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