Anti-semitic graffiti bearing two swastikas and two Stars of David was found at ZPizza in West Hollywood this week.
The incident follows the theft mezuzah off the BlockParty store located on the same street a few months prior. The pink mezuzah was donated by Rabbi Mordechai of the Chabad Sunset Strip congregation.
Dillion Hosier, CEO of the Israel American Civic Action Network (ICAN) issued the following statement with regards to the recent incidents of anti-semitism in West Hollywood and throughout Los Angeles.
“As an organization committed to empowering the Israeli immigrant community the United States, the Israeli-American Civic Action Network unequivocally condemns the recent antisemitic vandalism at Z-Pizza in West Hollywood. The scrawling of swastikas on Israeli flags onto the restaurant building is a disgusting display of hatred and bigotry that has no place in our society. West Hollywood has a significant Jewish community, especially immigrant Jews from the Former Soviet Union, Iran, and Israel, and this act of vandalism is a disturbing reminder that we must take the threat of rising antisemitism seriously.”
The incident follows a recent uptick in attacks on members of the Jewish community in the L.A. area.
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[…] In March, similar markings were found outside of Z Pizza. […]
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was some homeless guy, out of his mind, scrolling crap on the wall.
Disgusting. Homeless is my guess
“especially immigrant Jews from the Former Soviet Union, Iran, and Israel” – why does this designation always appear? There are probably more AMERICAN born Jews here than immigrants. Why are we not mentioned? This City places the Russian-born ahead of all others. I am sick of it.
Why point out only this graffiti specifically? Has anybody noticed that West Hollywood has been inundated with really bad, hateful graffiti all over the place? That needs to go immediately. The police should step up and the city should remove that graffiti all over the place before it becomes an infestation of vulgarity that turns the city into a crap hole. It appears all throughout Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards now.
Why this in particular? Because it’s a specific hate crime and it’s following a pattern. And unfortunately the police you are asking for to clean up would be the Block By Block Ambassadors, and yes they should have an anti graffiti unit.
With an avowed Iranian mayor and practicing anti-semite Byers on the City Council, it’s no wonder that we’re seeing swastikas in West Hollywood!