The FBI is offering a reward of $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the vandal or vandals, who desecrated graves at two Jewish cemeteries in Ohio.
“The vandalism of nearly 200 graves at two Jewish cemeteries near Cincinnati is despicable,” U.S. President Joe Biden wrote on Wednesday. “This is antisemitism and it is vile.”
“I condemn these acts and commit my administration to support investigators in holding those responsible accountable to the full extent of the law,” the president added.
The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for damaging gravestones at Tifereth Israel Cemetery and Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Cemetery in Cincinnati. Contact the FBI at 513-421-4310 or https://t.co/ny1CUQYPpk with info. pic.twitter.com/quAUHr3Xzo
— FBI Cincinnati (@FBICincinnati) July 4, 2024
Earlier in the week, Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), who is Jewish, told JNS that “the current explosion of antisemitism is real, and it has no boundaries” and that “these headstones will stand again, and I hope those responsible will be caught and brought to justice.”
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, wrote that “targeting Jewish cemeteries and desecrating headstones is heartless, sacrilegious and vile.”
“Those responsible must be held accountable for this hateful act of vandalism,” he wrote.
