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Behind the Aegis

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Fri Aug 28, 2020, 05:48 AM Aug 2020

University of Delaware Chabad Fire Was Arson, Investigators Say

The state’s fire marshal ruled that a fire at the University of Delaware Chabad’s Center for Jewish Life on Aug. 26 was an act of arson.

Delaware Online reported that firefighters were called at around 11:15 p.m. on Aug. 26; it took the firefighters three hours to extinguish fire. No one was inside the building at the time of the fire.

Investigators initially estimated the Chabad sustained $75,000 in damage from the fire, but the estimate has since risen to $150,000-$200,000. Investigators also said they have not seen any evidence indicating that the arson was a hate crime; the investigation is ongoing.

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“Another Chabad House, this time at Uni of Delaware, has been damaged by arson,” the Simon Wiesenthal Center tweeted. “Last week Chabad House in Portland Oregon suffered damage from arson attack. SWC urges Trump/Pence & Biden/Harris to strongly condemn escalating anti-Semitism in our country and both parties and media to loudly denounce virus of Jew-hatred on social media and in the real world.”

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This is on the main drag into town woodsprite Aug 2020 #1
My husband and I both went to UD. This is sad. phylny Aug 2020 #2

woodsprite

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1. This is on the main drag into town
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 06:21 AM
Aug 2020

When you get off I-95 and a day before move-in day started for a pared down on-campus student body. Hard to believe something was not picked up on a camera somewhere.

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