Los Angeles
If convicted, Anton Redding, 24, could face up to six years in prison.
The suspect, who was arrested in Hawaii, is being charged with vandalism of a religious property and commercial burglary.
Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime even though the suspect left no overt anti-Semitic signs.
The Los Angeles chapter of the Anti-Defamation League called the derogatory language “unacceptable.”
Synagogue board member Zev Opos said there have been “small graffiti incidents in the past” at Baba Sale, but never anything large like this.
Motty Mizrahi and his firm, MBIG Company, which operated out of his parents’ home, have been accused of scamming people out of more than $3 million from June 2012 to March 2019.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “as a Democratic Jew, I think it is incumbent upon us to have dialogue with a new generation of leaders who may not know history. But I wouldn’t overstate things and say that Democrats suddenly don’t support Israel.”
In Los Angeles, United Hatzalah raises $5 million with help from Jay Leno
Celebrity comedian Jay Leno has expressed his public support for Israel and hosted the 2014 Genesis Prize awards in Jerusalem.
The police chief, Sandra Spagnoli, was accused by at least 21 current and former employees of racist and anti-Semitic remarks, including allegedly referring to “kippahs” as “funny hats” and asked if she had to “dress Mexican” when she was invited to a Latino employee’s house.
“Hate in America is on the rise,” said LAPD chief Michel Moore. “That has to change.”
