Tarzana, CA - Reward Offered For Info On Synagogue Vandalism

Tarzana, CA - A councilman introduced a motion asking the City Council to offer a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever vandalized an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Tarzana.
Someone spray-painted profanities and anti-Semitic slurs on the walls and tried to set fire to the front door of the new Beis David synagogue, causing about $9,000 in damage to the building at 18648 Clark St.as was reported here on VOS IZ NEIAS
Also were the sanctuary where the Safer Torahs are kept spray-painted with offensive words.

The vandalism didn't deter the synagogues Orthodox Jewish congregation -- many of them of Iranian descent -- from moving into their new synagogue during a ceremony the following day. "This type of hatred will not be tolerated and must be punished to the full extent of the law," said Councilman Dennis Zine, whose council district includes the synagogue.

The congregation battled for two years with neighbors and local businesses with parking concerns before getting permission to use the building for a synagogue, but authorities do not believe that was the motive for the vandalism.
The House of Worship Task Force, which includes the Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles Police Department, FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is investigating the vandalism as a hate crime.