Vandals attacked a synagogue in the far eastern Russian region of Birobidzhan twice during the past week. In the first attack, which occurred over the weekend, a menorah in the synagogue was damaged; and in the second, a window was broken, a metal Star of David was ripped out of the synagogue wall and swastikas created out of stones were set up outside the synagogue. Authorities in the area, declared a homeland for Jews by Stalin some 70 years ago, said the attacks were the works of hooligans.
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