Police investigating desecration of Torah scroll at George Washington University fraternity
Chapter President Chris Osborne instructed CNN by cellphone the home was damaged into whereas members had been away and the harm was found early Sunday morning. “There was laundry detergent dumped on non secular texts, particularly a Jewish Torah,” he mentioned.
“We imagine it was an act of anti-Semitism,” Osborne instructed CNN. “There was a Christian Bible and a Jewish Torah within the room, and solely the Jewish Torah was vandalized. I imagine it was a hate crime.”
“I wish to be clear: I condemn all such acts of antisemitism and all types of hatred, discrimination, and bias in our group,” mentioned President Thomas LeBlanc. “Any act of antisemitism is an assault on all the GW group and can’t, and won’t, be tolerated.”
CNN reached out to the DC Metropolitan Police Division Sunday evening for data on its investigation.
The fraternity requested the Washington, DC, chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to look into the incident.