Kesher Talk

Italian cemetary vandalized: "Damage to more than 50 Jewish tombs at Rome's Verano cemetery overnight Wednesday has shocked Italians; and messages of support have been coming in to the Italian Jewish community from all political parties. The vandals broke open tombs and damaged chapels, but unusually for an incident vandalism of this kind left no indication of who was responsible. Whereas in the past suspicion would immediately fall on extreme right wing groups, it's an indication of the times that members of the Jewish community were saying Thursday that they did not know whether the damage was the work of right wing vandals or possibly Islamic militants. Investigators said the timing could provide a clue. Thursday Jews marked the anniversary of the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC." (UPI Hears, Jul. 18)

posted by Howard @ 7/19/2002 10:17:14 AM