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Organizations Offer Reward For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Montgomery County Organizations Offer Reward For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Montgomery County
Organizations Offer Reward For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Montgomery County The community is coming together in an effort to track down the suspects involved in a series of anti-Semitic incidents over the summer in Montgomery County. A $7,000 reward has been donated by local community organizations as they seek the public's assistance in identifying, arresting, and prosecuting whomever is responsible for vandalism found in the Bethesda area in August. The first incident was reported on Sunday, Aug. 11 at Bethesda Elementary School in the 7600 block of Arlington Road that was quickly scrubbed clean by crews the following day. "Free Gaza" and "Israel Rapes" were amo…

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by Zak Failla
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Several Montgomery County Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-LGBTQ+ Graffiti Several Montgomery County Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-LGBTQ+ Graffiti
Several Montgomery County Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-lgbtq+ Graffiti Days before classes are set to resume, a new batch of hateful graffiti was found at Montgomery County Schools over the weekend. Officials are speaking out after several schools were vandalized with "politically-charged" graffiti, anti-Semitic imagery - including swastikas - and anti-LGBTQ+ language," Superintendent Thomas Taylor confirmed. According to reports, the imagery was found at these schools:  Winston Churchill High School; Thomas S. Wootton High School; Strathmore Elementary School; Fallsmead Elementary School. "Principals are reaching out to their communities to report thes…

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by Zak Failla