Simferopol, Ukraine - Shul Vandalized

Simferopol, Ukraine - The synagogue Ner Tumid Shul of Simferopol was attacked, but no one was hurt, vandals threw stones and stole a security camera but no one was hurt.

A video recording obtained with the shul’s other surveillance camera showed two young men who appeared to be in their late teens who committed the attack.

Anatoly Gendin, president of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Crimea, informed local police about the incident, and he said that police failed to show up at the scene promptly.

Acts of anti-Semitic vandalism have been occurring in southern Ukraine almost every month for the past year, local Jews said.