Baltimore police authorities said today they had not as yet been able to trace the perpetrators of anti-Semitic desecrations of the main headquarters of the Liberty Jewish Center here. A huge swastika, under the slogan “Perish Juda,” had been painted on the principal entrance to the Center.
According to Rabbi Jacob Max, spiritual leader of the Center, the institution had been subjected to vandalism at other times, not only at its main headquarters but also at its suburban branch. The rabbi said he believed the actions were carried out by rightists “directing their venom against all religious leaders in the city, regardless of “faith.” The desecration of the Center followed two incidents in which crosses were burned in Baltimore, one at City Hall Plaza, the other in front of a Catholic church.
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