Mezuzah Burnings in Williamsburg on Holocaust remembrance day

[Renew Deal]

Police are investigating a possible hate crime in Brooklyn where mezuzahs were burned off the doorframes of at least a dozen apartments inside a public housing building, according to law enforcement sources.

Police received the call at 85 Taylor St. in Williamsburg Monday afternoon, and hate crime investigators joined officers at the scene. They are reviewing security video as part of the probe.

"The mezuzahs appear to have been burned with either a lighter or perhaps a lighter with accelerant, or some type of blowtorch," said City Councilman Stephen Levin. "They were severely burned."

A mezuzah is an object inscribed with Hebrew verses that is affixed to doorways outside Jewish homes.
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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mezuzahs-Burned-Williamsburg-Brooklyn-Homes-202018131.html

There is no limit to the hatred of some people.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Burning mezuzahs isn't even subtle.

Unbelievable.

[libodem]

2. Total hate crime

Hope the perps are busted.

[Skittles]

3. horrible

my apt neighbor had a mezuzah - I didn't know what it was but it intigued me enough to post a pic on DU, where I was educated...I thought it was lovely and the wiki entry a fascinating read

[Behind the Aegis]

4. My father mounted ours when he came to visit.

It is a special "New Orleans" mezzuza my mother bought for us when we lived in NOLA. I would be pissed if someone burned it. But, I am just glad it didn't go further, and given some of the things I seen as of recent, I can only imagine it won't be long before something really horrific happens.