Ohio Applebee's defaced with antisemitic graffiti reading 'Jews work here'

[Behind the Aegis]

An Applebee’s in Miamisburg, Ohio was closed Saturday after employees discovered the building had been defaced with antisemitic graffiti including a swastika and the messages “F— Jews” and “Jews work here.”

“We’ve seen the statistics, an 893-percent increase in antisemitic incidents in the United States over the past decade according to the ADL,” Cathy Gardner, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, told the Dayton Jewish Observer, citing a recent audit of antisemitic incidents by the Anti-Defamation League.

She added that the vandalism came shortly before her federation’s ceremony marking Yom Hashoah, the Jewish Holocaust memorial day that was observed last week.

Miamisburg is a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. In 2023, Dayton became embroiled in another antisemitic incident when a school board member gave a Nazi salute and said “Sieg heil” at a public meeting.

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[MIButterfly]

1. What is wrong with people?

That miserable bastard in the White House has emboldened every kind of scum of the earth to come slithering out of their holes in the ground. They used to hide their ignorance and bigotry; now they flaunt it openly. This kind of thing makes me sad and angry. And afraid.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. As he said, "There are good people on both sides" and "It is what it is".

Pretty much sums up reactions to anti-Semites.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. 256

[harumph]

4. Jews? At an Applebee's?

I'll have to start eating there. This is disgusting and perplexing in equal parts.

Edited to add: I think this wins the "banality of evil" prize at least for Tuesday.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Oh, you know,

just "freedom fighters" expressing their views on Jews.