Racist vandalism - on the holiest day of the year • A resident photographed the damaged vehicle and tweeted: "It makes me sick as a Jew and as a human being" • The incident was reported to the local police
Nick Bain lives in Kingswood, a suburban area located on the eastern border of the British city of Bristol.
When he woke up yesterday (Monday) to the holiest day of the year - Yom Kippur - a horrible surprise awaited him: a swastika spray-painted on a car parked in front of his house.
The immediate anger and fear led him to tweet: "It makes me sick as a Jew and as a human being."
He later expressed concern that the act of vandalism was a sign of growing anti-Semitism across the city and throughout the kingdom.
We woke up to our neighbor's car tagged with a giant neon Swastika.
It's Yom Kippur, and this makes me sick both as a Jew and as a human.
@ASPolice @BristolLive @CSkidmoreUK #bristol #kingswood pic.twitter.com/KRVtiKwAx9
- Nick Bayne (@TheCheesemason) September 28, 2020
He told the local media that he was completely shocked when he noticed the "huge hate symbol", as he put it.
"It's a punch in the stomach. My partner and I, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, are scared of it. It's a sign that people are starting to feel they can do such a thing. We once felt it was a safe neighborhood, and the incident brought us to an end. It's absolutely shocking."
The case was reported to the local police (Avon and Somerset).
Yaakov Hagoel, Deputy and Acting Chairman of the World Zionist Organization: "Incitement and cases of anti-Semitism against Jews do not miss even the holiest day of the year. Antisemitic hate criminals know exactly when to aim their target. I thank the local police who take this matter very seriously. "It is not enough. We must have a hard hand and a warning with heavy punishment, which will not give those perpetrators the freedom to carry out their plot against the Jews anywhere in the world."
