Following the October 7 attacks, Montauk has faced a second wave of antisemitic vandalism. Swastikas and hateful messages, including Nazi references, were found in Shadmoor State Park, sparking outrage and fear within the Jewish community.
Swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti were discovered in a Montauk park last week. The vandalism inside the popular Shadmoor State Park included spray-painted scrawls of Nazi-era references to “SS” and “der Jude,” the German term for Jews. This was the second time that antisemitic vandalism was discovered in the posh east end enclave since the Oct. 7 attacks.
A local rabbi was “heartbroken but not shocked” when he discovered the hateful rhetoric in the park last Thursday, the same day that an Israeli flag was ripped from his own East Hampton synagogue. “I’m through being shocked because I’ve seen this far too many times,” he told The Post, adding, “there’s a sense of violation in the community.” An “emotional” rabbi said the incident elicits a “visceral response from my gut.” He also noted he’s regularly been called “baby killer” and “Nazi” in the wake of the 2023 massacre and ensuing war in Gaza. The rabbi told the crowd not to bow to gaslighters who try to paint Jews as “hysterical” for calling out antisemitism. “Listen – because might not be seeing something that we experience incredibly profoundly,” he said, “There is antisemitism and Jew hatred all over the place… This is our reality.” “This is an attempt at intimidation – an evil attempt we see all over the world – and we have to fight it, like we’ve fought it for thousands of years,” said 86-year-old Mitchel Agoos, an east ender for 50 years.Last year, Jewish-owned Naturally Good on Main Street was among the Montauk sites vandalized with swastikas, alongside scrawls of “Free Palestine” and “Jeden Die,” translated as “Jews die.
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