New York, NY – Cops are searching for a vandal who scrawled antisemitic graffiti on a scrolling message board outside an Upper East Side synagogue.
The suspect, who has not been identified, walked up to the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue at 125 East 85th Street at about 7 p.m. Saturday, took out a marker and graffitied a display screen attached to the house of worship, the NYPD said.
The perpetrator then fled westbound on 85th Street, police said. There have been no arrests.
The suspect is about 25 years old with short black hair and a slim build. He was last seen wearing a white tank top, camouflage shorts, and white sneakers, police said.
According to police, the vandal wrote “Jesus Saintzzzz,” and now the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.
Residents who live near the Upper East Side synagogue worry that this is the second act of vandalism on this block in the last nine months.
