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Brooklyn Museum director, board targeted in antisemitic vandalism attack
Jun 12
By Karah Rucker (Anchor), Jake Maslo (Video Editor), Ally Heath (Digital Producer)
Anti-Israel protesters hung antisemitic banners and vandalized the Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director and board members’ homes the morning of Wednesday, June 12. The attack is the latest in a string of vandalism incidents tied to war protests.
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Protesters also vandalized a Palestinian Mission to the United Nations. The group left leaflets on nearby streets that encouraged overthrowing leaders and accused the Palestinian authority of being too close to Israel and the United States.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul commented on the attack. In a statement, she called it “an abhorrent act of antisemitism” that “has no place in New York or anywhere else.”
This is an abhorrent act of antisemitism and it has no place in New York or anywhere else.⁰⁰We stand with the Jewish community in the face of hate and will continue to fight antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head. https://t.co/oDtjUBUjXK
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) June 12, 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he spoke with Anne Pasternak, the Brooklyn Museum’s director, shortly after she discovered the vandalism.
“This is not a peaceful protest or free speech,” Adams wrote on X. “This is a crime, and it’s overt, unacceptable antisemitism.”
Anti-Israel protesters targeted the Brooklyn Museum several times in recent weeks. A group of around 1,000 people entered the museum on May 31. It set up encampments, sprayed graffiti and defaced artwork and iconic staples on museum grounds.
Police arrested dozens of people during that incident.
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These protesters have similar demands as those who set up encampments on college campuses in the spring. They called for art institutions like the Brooklyn Museum to disclose and divest financial ties to Israel.
[KARAH RUCKER]
ANTISEMITIC BANNERS. RED PAINT. AND UPSIDE DOWN TRIANGLES – A SYMBOL USED BY HAMAS –
THESE IMAGES ARE OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT OF OVERNIGHT VANDALISM CONNECTED TO THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM.
THE HOMES OF ITS JEWISH DIRECTOR – ANNE PASTERNAK – AND SOME OF THE MUSEUM’S JEWISH BOARD MEMBERS – BEING THE LATEST TARGET IN A STRING OF VANDALISM LINKED TO WAR PROTESTS.
A PALESTINIAN MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS WAS ALSO VANDALIZED AND LEAFLETS WERE REPORTEDLY FOUND LITTERED ON NEARBY STREETS “ENCOURAGING INTIFADA” AND ACCUSING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OF BEING TOO CLOSE TO ISRAEL AND THE U-S.
NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL –
QUICKLY CONDEMNING THE LATEST VANDALISM.
CALLING IT “AN ABHORRENT ACT OF ANTISEMITISM” THAT “HAS NO PLACE IN NEW YORK OR ANYWHERE ELSE.”
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS WROTE ON X “THIS IS NOT PEACEFUL PROTEST OR FREE SPEECH. THIS IS A CRIME, AND ITS OVERT, UNACCEPTABLE ANTISEMITISM.”
THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM HAS BECOME A HIGH-PROFILE TARGET FOR PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS IN RECENT WEEKS.
ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS STORMED THE MUSEUM ON MAY 31ST –
A CROWD SIZE ESTIMATED TO BE OVER ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE –
SETTING UP ENCAMPMENTS, SPRAYING GRAFFITI, DEFACING ARTWORK AND ICONIC STAPLES ON MUSEUM GROUNDS.
THE RECENT TENSIONS HAVE LED TO SCUFFLES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS.
AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR OCCUPYING THE BUILDING.
THE PROTESTERS HAVE SIMILAR DEMANDS AS THE PROTESTERS WHO TOOK SIEGE OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
CALLING FOR ART INSTITUTIONS AS WELL TO “DISCLOSE AND DIVEST” ANY FINANCIAL TIES IT HAS TO ISRAEL.
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS ISSUED AN APOLOGY TO THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM’S BOARD MEMBERS AND DIRECTOR FOR THE ANTISEMITIC CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THEM IN THIS LATEST ACT OF VANDALISM – AND PROMISED TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE.
I’M KARAH RUCKER.
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‘Abhorrent antisemitism’: homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum leaders vandalized
Click to see story on The Guardian
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum
Click to see story on Associated Press News
Homes of Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish leaders vandalised with antisemitic graffiti
Click to see story on Hindustan Times
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on abc News
NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’
Click to see story on CNN
Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum director, board members
Click to see story on NY Daily News
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on Sask Today
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on Star Tribune
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum
Click to see story on Rocky Mountain Outlook
Vandals deface homes of Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish leaders; NYPD probes pattern
Click to see story on NBC New York
Pro-Palestine protestors deface homes of Brooklyn Museum director, board members
Click to see story on AM New York
‘Abhorrent’: NY officials deplore ‘antisemitic’ attacks on homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum leaders
Click to see story on The Forward
Click to close
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum
Click to see story on KVIA
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on Washington Top News
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on WPLG
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on KOB 4
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on KTLA 5
NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’
Click to see story on KWWL
Homes of Brooklyn Museum board members vandalized, officials said
Click to see story on NY1
Palestinian supporters vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum officials and other locations in NYC
Click to see story on WCBD
Click to close
Far
Right
+0
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Untracked Bias
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators vandalize homes of Brooklyn Museum workers
Click to see story on El Tiempo Latino
Antisemitic vandalism defaces home of Brooklyn Museum’s Pasternak in Brooklyn Heights
Click to see story on Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Apparent pro-Palestinian activists splash red paint on homes of Jewish officials at Brooklyn Museum
Click to see story on thealbertan.com
Click to close
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13
Center
8
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