Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation in Mercer Island was vandalized with hateful, antisemitic graffiti. Mercer Island Police said synagogue members found the building had been defaced Wednesday morning.
“It’s horrific and heartbreaking,” Daniel Weiner, Rabbi of Temple de Hirsch Sinai Seattle Bellevue, said.
The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - posted a video of the hateful graffiti onto their “X” channel.
Seattle, WA - appalling antisemitic graffiti was discovered at Herzl-Net Tamid Confregation, just across the street from the Jewish Community Center (JCC).
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 22, 2023
Among the phrases were “Shame on Israel”, “Shame”, and “Stop Killing”.
This is nothing short of pure and grotesque… pic.twitter.com/yZzx2DkT1V
It’s the latest organization to be targeted after suspicious packages were sent to two Jewish organizations on the island.
The FBI sent KIRO 7 a statement saying, “FBI Seattle is aware of the incident and is communicating with Mercer Island Police regarding the details. We have offered assistance should it be necessary.”
Neither the City of Mercer Island nor the police department have not released an official statement about this incident.