Philadelphia – Union Offers To Fix Vandalized Jewish Cemetery

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    Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community survey damaged headstones at Mount Carmel cemetery Monday Feb. 27, 2017 in Philadelphia. More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, authorities said.(AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)Philadelphia – A building trades union is offering to repair a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia where vandals damaged hundreds of tombstones.

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    John Dougherty of the Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council calls the vandalism a “cowardly act of anti-Semitism that cannot be tolerated.”

    He offered to replace toppled tombstones, re-sod damaged gravesites and clean the cemetery free of charge.

    The building trades council is the umbrella organization for more than 50 union locals that work in the construction industry.

    Steven Rosenberg of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia says vandals damaged several hundred graves at Mount Carmel Cemetery.


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