A spray-painted swastika was recently found on a Duke University memorial mural for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
A spray-painted swastika was recently found on a Duke University memorial mural for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, reports NPR. It was placed directly over the Star of David, next to the names of the victims. Olivia Levine, one of the students who helped create the memorial, told the Duke Chronicle: "I was just torn apart. I started crying. I didn't know how to react to it, because I was so angry about it." She said in regard to the mural and other anti-Semitic vandalism seen recently on campus, "It's not just a Duke problem, it's happening all over the country." Duke University President Vincent Price was quick to respond, saying in a statement: "That such a craven and cowardly act of vandalism — a desecration of a memorial to individuals who were killed because they were Jewish and practicing their faith — should happen anywhere is extremely distressing. That it should occur in such a visible, public location at Duke should be a matter of grave concern to us all." He also announced that he would meet with public officials, members of the area's Jewish community, and university leaders to "confront the scourge of anti-Semitism through education and activism."
