Police stepped up today their search for vandals who extended to the fifth weekend in a row the smearing of swastikas on synagogues in the area.
Ten of the Nazi emblems were painted on the Beth Zedec synagogue last Friday night. The words “Juden Raus” also were smeared on the synagogue walls. During the prior weekend, the walls of Beth Jacob synagogue were daubed with swastikas.
Police indicated that the same person or persons were responsible for all five smear efforts, noting that the lettering and the shape of the swastikas have been the same in all five cases. Spray paint from pressurized containers was used in the five smearings.
Despite police patrols at the synagogues, no arrests have been made. The smearings have been directed against synagogues in both the former Jewish downtown section of Toronto and in the new suburbs to which Jews have moved in recent years.
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