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'We are not afraid of who did this': Pictures of Adolf Hitler posted on Carmichael synagogue

This is same neighborhood where Aryan Brotherhood leaflets attached to bags of rice were placed on peoples' properties

'We are not afraid of who did this': Pictures of Adolf Hitler posted on Carmichael synagogue

This is same neighborhood where Aryan Brotherhood leaflets attached to bags of rice were placed on peoples' properties

- THE SUSPECT? WELL SADLY, THIS ISN’T THE SYNAGOGUES FIRST TIME BEING A VICTIM OF A CRIME. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK HERE SO THAT TAN BOX UP ON THAT POLE. THAT’S WHERE THEIR CAMERA USED TO BE BUT IT WAS STOLEN AND THE RABBI TELLS ME THAT THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO REPLACE IT BEFORE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. SO TONIGHT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'’ OFFICE IS JUST GOING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKING FOR VIDEO AND ANY WITNESSES. TERROR GRIPPING THIS CARMICHAEL SYNAGOGUE TONIGHT THESE STOOD ON THE FRONT GATE AND ON THE MENORAH OF SHALOM LAY ISRAEL OR PEACE TO ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE SHOWING A LARGE PHOTO OF ADOLF HITLER WHIT READING HITLER WAS RIGHT ARYAN NATIONSS I PRINTED ON THE TOP TODAY. IT WAS I’M REALLY SHOCKED BECAUSE THEY WERE BEFE,OR YOU KNOW, IT’S PICTURES WITH HITLER. IT’S SOMETHING FOR THE SYNAGOGUES RABBI AND ITS MEMBERS. THIS IMAGE IS DEEPLY PERSONAL. MY FILAMY LTOS IN HOLOCAUST 12 PEOPLE AUSWICHTZ TONIGHT THE SACRAMENTO SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS THEYRE A INVESTIGATING THIS AS A HATE CRIME. THIS IS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SEAF WHEN THEY GO IN THEIR PLACE OF WORSHIP. EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE. AND TSHI WOULD BE A VERY UNSETTLING FEELING WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. WE HAVE AOT LF O ASSETS OUT HERE LOOKING AT THIS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME PIECE TO ISRLAE HAS BEEN A TARGET MEMBERS SHOWED US THESE IMAGES IN JTUS THE PAST FEW YEARS SOMEONE WROTE DEATH TO ISRAEL ON THEIR SIGN TRIED FTOLOOD THE SIDE AND LIT A TRAILER ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO A BLOCK AYWA FROM THE SYNAGOGUE. THESE FLYERS WERE BEING PLACED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ASKEDHE T SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IF THOSE FLYERS AND THE FLYERS FOUND TODAY ARE RELATED. IT IS TOO SOON TO BE ABLE TO SAY IF THOSE ARE CERTAINLYHE TY WILL LOOK AT THAT. BUT AT THIS POINT I COULD NOT SAY AND NOR COULD THE INVESTIGATORS THE RABBI TELLS ME HE LEFT RUSSIA YEARS AGO, ESCAPING ANTI-SEMITISM THERE AND WHEN YOU CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD? HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. NO. NEVER HIS MESSAGE TONIGHT TO MEMBERS OF THE JISEWH COMMUTYNI THE DON’T BE AFRAID DON’T BE AFRAID BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'’ ANYWAY GOD LOVE US AND WE LOVES GOD AND WE WOULD LEIK TO HAVE A PEACE FOR EVERYBODY NOT BEING AFRAID TONIGHT THE CONGREGATION MOVING PAST THE KITCHEN TAPE TO ATTEND TORAH STUDY WHILE INVESTIGATORS WERE OUTSIDE SENDIN AG MESSAGE TO WHOEVER MEANT TO INSTILL FEAR. YOU’RE NOT AFRAID OFHO TUGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PEOPLE WHO DID THIS. AND OUT HERE LIVE AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE THOSE HATEFUL FLYERS HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED. THEAB RBI TELLS ME HE’S NOW CONSIDERING GETTING SECURITY FOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE SYNAGOGUE HERE AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THAT THEY’RE GOING TO UP PATRS IOLN THISRE AA TONIGHT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHOEVER POSTED THOSE FLYSER OR HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL LAW ENFORCEMEN
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'We are not afraid of who did this': Pictures of Adolf Hitler posted on Carmichael synagogue

This is same neighborhood where Aryan Brotherhood leaflets attached to bags of rice were placed on peoples' properties

Pictures of Adolf Hitler were posted on a Carmichael synagogue on Wednesday, officials with Peace to Israel said.The flyers, with the text "Hitler was right," were posted all over the Menorah and fencing surrounding the area. Text on the top of each flyer read "Aryan Nations." The rabbi of Peace to Israel (Shalom le Israel) provided pictures of the menorah with pictures of Hitler taped all over it. The synagogue is located at 6733 Fair Oaks Blvd.This is the same neighborhood where bags of white rice with white supremacist leaflets inside were placed on peoples' properties in early October. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office investigated this previous incident as a hate crime.The sheriff's office said it is also investigating the synagogue vandalism as a hate crime, and if it is connected with the leaflets in the bags of rice from earlier this month.Rabbi Boris Tsiprush says this is not the first time his synagogue has been the victim of a crime. Over the past few years someone defaced a sign writing "death to Israel," a trailer was lit on fire in the parking lot, and someone flooded the inside of the synagogue. Seeing photos of Hitler placed on the synagogue was deeply personal. Rabbi Tsiprush told KCRA 3 he escaped antisemitism in Russia years ago and lost twelve relatives in the Holocaust. He never thought he would experience something like this in the United States.He says he is not afraid of the people who did this, and he is encouraging the members of his synagogue to not be afraid. "God loves us and we love God," he told KCRA 3. "We would like to have peace for everybody and with everybody."If you have any information about these antisemitic flyers or know who was involved, you are asked to contact the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. No one is in custody.

Pictures of Adolf Hitler were posted on a Carmichael synagogue on Wednesday, officials with Peace to Israel said.

The flyers, with the text "Hitler was right," were posted all over the Menorah and fencing surrounding the area. Text on the top of each flyer read "Aryan Nations."

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The rabbi of Peace to Israel (Shalom le Israel) provided pictures of the menorah with pictures of Hitler taped all over it. The synagogue is located at 6733 Fair Oaks Blvd.

Carmichael synagogue vandalized with pictures of Hitler
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This is the same neighborhood where bags of white rice with white supremacist leaflets inside were placed on peoples' properties in early October. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office investigated this previous incident as a hate crime.

The sheriff's office said it is also investigating the synagogue vandalism as a hate crime, and if it is connected with the leaflets in the bags of rice from earlier this month.

Rabbi Boris Tsiprush says this is not the first time his synagogue has been the victim of a crime. Over the past few years someone defaced a sign writing "death to Israel," a trailer was lit on fire in the parking lot, and someone flooded the inside of the synagogue.

Seeing photos of Hitler placed on the synagogue was deeply personal. Rabbi Tsiprush told KCRA 3 he escaped antisemitism in Russia years ago and lost twelve relatives in the Holocaust. He never thought he would experience something like this in the United States.

He says he is not afraid of the people who did this, and he is encouraging the members of his synagogue to not be afraid.

"God loves us and we love God," he told KCRA 3. "We would like to have peace for everybody and with everybody."

If you have any information about these antisemitic flyers or know who was involved, you are asked to contact the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.

No one is in custody.