UPDATED Photos & Videos - Shul and Sifrei Torah Vandalized in Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela: A group of unidentified assailants (who are believed to have been hired by President Hugo Chavez) overpowered security guards and vandalized a Shul in Venezuela early Shabbos morning, the latest in a series of episodes aimed at Jewish institutions since Venezuela's recent expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the severing of diplomatic ties with Israel to protest the war in Gaza. The vandals broke into Tiferet Israel, a Sephardic Shul in the Maripérez district of Caracas, strewing Sifrei Torah on the floor and spray-painting the walls with messages like "Death to all Jews." and "Jews out of Venezuela." This comes after an earlier episode in January in which vandals sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls of the same Shul reading, "Property of Islam." Hugo Chavez denies involvement in the attacks. SEE VIDEO

UPDATE: YIDVID is now getting reports that the assailants that broke in on Shabbos also stole all the computers from the Shul. The computers now enable Hugo Chavez to access the entire list of members, including their home addresses and all their personal information. The men stole computers and administrative papers or documents, officials said. They did not cover their faces, but took the recordings from security cameras with them. Hashem Yiracheim.

Update - 5:00PM: On Monday at 5:00PM a rally will take palce, protesting the desecration of the Shul in Venezuela at the Venezuelan Consulate in Manhattan, at 7 East 51st Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue.
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