A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Florida for murdered rabbi Joseph Raksin had his car defaced with anti-Semitic symbols, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (August 13, 2014).
A swastika and Iron Cross were etched on August 10 on a BMW owned by the mourner. The Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating the vandalism.
The service at the Bais Menachem Chabad synagogue was held a day after Raksin was shot and killed while he was on his way to Sabbath morning services there. Raksin, 60, of Brooklyn, N.Y. was in south Florida visiting his daughter and her family.
On August 12, hundreds gathered in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for the funeral procession for Raksin, a father of six who was a leader in the Orthodox community. Members of Raksin's family have said they believe the murder was a Jewish hate crime.
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