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Another Swastika Found At Fair Lawn School Another Swastika Found At Fair Lawn School
Another Swastika Found At Fair Lawn School Police on Thursday were investigating a swastika found etched into an auditorium chair at Fair Lawn's Memorial Middle School -- a week after another was found in a boy's bathroom stall, district officials said. The auditorium was closed immediately following the discovery of the second swastika Thursday for removal, Superintendent Nick Norcia said in an email to parents. Last week, a swastika was found carved into a bathroom stall in the boy's locker room, Norcia said. "As I stated last week, hate-based behavior is intolerable and has no place in society and in our schools," the emai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time 2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time
2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time Although some suspect the work of ignorant delinquents, the discovery of swastikas for the second time in six weeks at Pascack Valley High School comes at a time that most say makes it particularly troubling. Most notably, there was the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting – the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history – by a man who authorities said posted Nazi symbols online. Before that, there were the five swastikas found drawn in shaving cream outside Jewish homes on a Haworth street on Halloween morning. And there was a recent report that incidents of swastika painting have increased t…

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by Jerry DeMarco