US EditionRome Synagogues Monument to Slain Jewish Child Defaced
The desecration of a memorial for a child killed in a 1982 terror attack highlights a recent rise in antisemitic assaults and vandalism across Italy, officials and community leaders say.
- On Monday morning, the Beth Michael synagogue in Monteverde, Rome was found defaced with slogans including `Monteverde anti-Zionist and anti-fascist` and `Free Palestine`, and the memorial plaque for Stefano Gaj Taché, two-year-old victim, was vandalized.
- Community leaders warn that recent Gaza-linked tensions have increased attacks on Jewish individuals and communities in Italy, including vandalism and assaults since the war in Gaza began Oct. 7, 2023.
- Local police opened an investigation after surveillance footage showed two masked individuals, and the Union of Young Italian Jews called the defacement `an insult to the Jewish community`.
- Officials pledged accountability and support for the local Jewish community, with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani urging swift action and Victor Fadlun calling for guaranteed safety and stronger intervention.
- Stefano Gaj Taché's memorial evokes Italy's 1982 synagogue attack, symbolizing one of its darkest terror events, and the defacement follows assaults in Milan last month and Venice incidents in September.
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Rome synagogues monument to slain Jewish child defaced
Rome synagogue’s monument to slain Jewish child defaced. Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri called the graffiti “a despicable act that wounds the Jewish community and offends the entire city,” The post Rome synagogues monument to slain Jewish child defaced appeared first on Jerusalem World News.
Rome synagogue memorial to murdered Jewish toddler defaced
Italian Jewish community leaders condemned the attack as antisemitic and threatening to Italy’s democratic values. By World Israel News Staff A memorial honoring a two-year-old Jewish boy killed in a terror attack at a Rome synagogue was defaced earlier this week, with anti-Israel vandals spray-painting “Free Palestine” and anti-Zionist slogans across the site. Michael Stefano Gaj Tachè was murdered in 1982 when Palestinian terrorists opened fir…
The plaque dedicated to Gaj Tachè, the two-year-old killed in 1982 by Palestinian terrorists, was also unraveled. Bipartisan solidarity with the Jewish community. Mattarella phones President Fadlun. Silence from Albanese. In Italy the trail of hostility against places and symbols of Judaism continues to expand. On the night between Sunday and Monday two individuals slammed the walls of the synagogue of Monteverde, in Rome, tracing phrases such a…
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Synagogue in Rome Vandalized, Memorial Plaque Defaced Amid Surge in Antisemitic Attacks Across Italy
Antisemitic slogans deface the walls of the Beth Michael synagogue in Monteverde, Rome, marking the latest attack on the city’s Jewish community. Photo: Screenshot A synagogue in Rome was defaced on Sunday night when unknown individuals vandalized the building and a memorial plaque honoring a Jewish child killed in a terrorist attack — the latest incident targeting the city’s Jewish community amid a relentless climate of hostility. On Monday mor…
The denunciation of the Jewish community after the discovery made by the temple in Via di Villa Pamphilj dedicated to the memory of the two-year-old child killed in Rome in 1982 by a commando of Palestinian terrorists
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