American Jewish University in Bel Air, California. (Photo/Wikimedia-Cbl62 CC BY-SA 3.0) News California 3 Jewish schools in LA spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti days after Beverly Hills synagogue vandalized Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By Sam Sokol, JTA | December 18, 2019 Three Los Angeles Jewish schools were tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti days after a synagogue in Beverly Hills was found vandalized. A swastika and hateful messages including the phrase “time to pay” were found spray-painted at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, the Westwood Charter School and Milken Community High School on Tuesday, according to a report on the LAist website. On Saturday, a suspect described as a white male entered the Nessah Synagogue, a Persian Jewish congregation in Beverly Hills, and vandalized the sanctuary, tearing prayer books and strewing Torah scrolls on the floor. In September, “Free Palestine” was spray-painted on the front of the Baba Sale Congregation in the Fairfax district of the city and “Six million $ was not enough” was drawn in marker on the welcome sign affixed to the gate of the city’s Temple Ahavat Shalom. LAist cited the Anti-Defamation League as stating that there have been 36 such incidents in Los Angeles in 2019. Sam Sokol Sam Sokol is a Jerusalem-based journalist who covers Israel for JTA. JTA Content distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news service. Also On J. California Suspect in anti-Semitic vandalism of LA-area schools arrested U.S. Anti-Semitic graffiti on JCC near D.C. U.S. Jews on alert: Nazis rally in Orlando, vandalism in Chicago and D.C. Bay Area Swastika spray-painted on Peninsula Sinai synagogue in Foster City Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up