Worshipers were shocked to see swastikas and hate graffiti at the entrance to the Chabad synagogue in Kishinev, Moldova.
Congregants at Moldova’s largest synagogue were horrified to find hate graffiti and swastikas sprayed onto the walls of their house of worship.
The synagogue is located of Chabad Lubavitch Street, in the center of the city.
The hate-crime has shocked the population since the city has seen very little Antisemitism.
Chief Rabbi of Moldova, Rabbi Zalman Abelsky, responded to the attack saying it was a total shock. “Moldova is not a Antisemitic province,” he said.
He has promised to work together with Jewish community leaders and friends of Chabad in Moldova to eradicate these misdeeds of marginal groups who call themselves “Neo-Nazis.”
“Since I began working in this state for over 20 years, I have never encountered such crass behavior,” he added.
Mr. Simcha Weinberg, a Jewish community leader and friend of Chabad, expressed unsettledness from the indecent assault, saying, “there will be no more Antisemitic occurrences in Moldova.”
Government agencies are working together with Chabad and other Jewish community groups to ensure that such acts are never repeated in the otherwise tolerant and peaceful Moldova.
