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.