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Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Los Angeles Synagogue Turn Violent
(Los Angeles Jewish Journal) Ayala Or-El - 15 protesters, their faces masked by keffiyehs, chanted, "baby killers" and "Zionist pigs" on Wednesday in front of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles, founded in 1862. "We are protesting in front of a site that holds genocide supporters," said a masked woman. Inside the temple that morning there was a lecture for the Korean community. During the lecture, two females in the audience suddenly stood up and began yelling. "They screamed anti-Israel phrases at the top of their lungs," recalled Eliana Jolkovsky. "We said there are children downstairs at the nursery and this is a place of worship, but they didn't care....The Koreans in the group were even more shaken up than we were and said to us, 'So this is what you experience?'," said Jolkovsky. Security escorted the protesters out, but not before one of them smashed a glass vase inside the synagogue. Police arrested two people. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles said, "Our Community Security Initiative (CSI) was present and...is working with our local law enforcement partners to make sure those who caused the incident will be held accountable and our houses of worship continue to remain safe and protected."