Posted on 11/01/21
| News Source: Jewish Press
Antisemitic vandals broke into a fraternity house with Jewish members on the campus of George Washington University in Washington DC on Saturday night just after the end of the Sabbath, tore apart its Torah scroll and covered it in detergent, according to the Jewish on Campus watchdog organization. The vandals poured hot sauce all over the house.
“This hateful act of antisemitic violence must be immediately condemned and thoroughly investigated by @GWtweets administration,” Jewish on Campus said in a statement posted in a series of tweets. “An attack on Jewish spaces and the destruction of a Torah is an attack on all Jews.
“For anyone confused about how serious this is: the Torah is the center of Jewish ritual life and Torah scrolls are invaluable. A single Torah takes over a year to make, and even the slightest damage can render it non-kosher.”
The American Jewish Committee called on law and enforcement and the GWU administration to ‘swiftly identify and apprehend those responsible for this horrific act of antisemitism.”