{"id":23446,"date":"2019-03-12T18:11:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=23446"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:11:46","slug":"cardiffs-jewish-community-face-increasing-hostility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/cardiffs-jewish-community-face-increasing-hostility\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff’s Jewish community face increasing hostility"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jewish cemetery\u00a0in Cardiff has upped security due to a rise in antisemitic\u00a0vandalism.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Chair of the South Wales Jewish Representative Council, Lawrence Khan, says antisemitism is a growing problem in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

The grave of Mr Khan’s uncle has been vandalised and he says it’s shocked the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

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Mr Khan spoke to CJS News about the problem.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s just one of those things that you see on the television, but it’s never happened in Cardiff before. At least not to this extent.<\/p>\n

“It got a bit personal and the community was really upset.”<\/p>\n

He says the Jewish cemetery in Ely has had to increase its security, including CCTV and padlocks, to keep-out the general public after vandals broke-in multiple times.<\/p>\n

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A padlock on the gate of the privately-run Jewish cemetery in Ely.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Reported incidents of antisemitic abuse have almost doubled in Wales since 2017, according to the Jewish charity, Community Security Trust.<\/p>\n

Conservative Councillor for Rhiwbina, Jayne Cowan, is one such victim.<\/p>\n

Cllr Cowan is of Jewish heritage and told CJS News, “There were a number of swastikas drawn on my Assembly boards.”<\/p>\n

She says abuse was also targeted at her parents, “it looks like the abuse was orchestrated.<\/p>\n

“The punishment for people inciting racial hatred needs to be very, very severe.”<\/p>\n

CJS News has contacted South Wales Police for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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