Philadelphia, PA– Philadelphia police are
investigating an act of vandalism at a Jewish religious building in Somerton
over the weekend.
This building is currently under construction
inside of a strip mall at 11000 Rennard Street, with about a dozen other
businesses. It was the only one defaced with illegible graffiti.
The building is called a “mikvah,” which is
used for ritual baths and is separate from Congregation Beth Solomon’s
synagogue.
Congregation Vice President Aleksander
Tamarkin said this act is just the latest in a string of seven concerning
incidents that have happened on this property since mid-November.
Just two days ago, someone broke 16 cameras
in the parking lot of the mikvah.
