Tue, March 16, 2004
Tue, March 16, 2004
Thorhill Jews defiant over swastika graffiti
By JASON TCHIR, TORONTO SUN
Thornhill's Jewish community is "angry but not afraid" after vandals defaced more than a dozen cars and front doors with anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas. "The swastika ... is probably the most racist and most hate-filled symbol known to man," said Len Rudner, from the Canadian Jewish Congress, who lives near Beverley Glenn Dr., where the graffiti was found yesterday morning.
"If their intent was to make us fearful, it won't work."
The vandals spray-painted the swastikas and messages -- including "Juwz suk" -- on 11 cars and two homes on the street between Dufferin and Bathurst Sts., York Regional Police said.
Police say the incidents are hate crimes. York's police chief is to hold a press conference today to ask for witnesses.
Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. yesterday should call York police at 905-881-1221, ext. 7441, or Crime Stoppers.
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