Bloomington, IN – Suspect Named in IU Anti-Jewish Vandalism Attack

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Rabbi Yehoshua Chincholker walks inside of the Chabad House Jewish Student Center in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. The student center was one of the targets in a recent wave of anti-Jewish vandalism. (AP Photo/Darron CummingsBloomington, IN – Indiana University says police have identified a suspect in one of a series of acts of anti-Jewish vandalism on the Bloomington campus.

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The university said Tuesday that 54-year-old Mark Zacharias of Ellettsville is wanted on a criminal mischief charge.

The school says he’s suspected in vandalism that happened Nov. 30 at Goodbody Hall. There’s no phone listing for Zacharias in Ellettsville.

Someone used a rock to break the glass of an information board in the lobby of the hall, which houses the university’s Jewish studies program.

Police say they’ve been investigating five suspected anti-Semitic incidents on campus, including rocks thrown through windows at the Chabad (hah-BAHD’) House and the Hillel Center.

In another case, someone took Hebrew texts from library shelves and urinated on them.


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