Man Arrested for Antisemitic Attack Outside D.C. Synagogue
A man was arrested in an antisemitic attack outside a D.C. synagogue on Sunday. Brent Wood was apprehended for allegedly shouting an antisemitic phrase and spraying a foul-smelling substance on two people outside the Kesher Israel Congregation on N Street in Georgetown just before 9:30 a.m.
According to sources, the suspect was heard yelling, “Gas the Jews.” Fortunately, the victims were not physically hurt in the incident.
Wood, whose last known address is in Toledo, Ohio, is charged with simple assault and resisting arrest. The police are investigating the incident as a hate or bias-motivated crime.
The Anti-Defamation League has condemned the incident, issuing a statement that reads in part, “There is simply no excuse for these antisemitic acts. None of this is normal and no one should think this is okay… It is incumbent upon all of society to push back against antisemitism and other forms of hate.”
The community is shocked and saddened by this latest act of hate and the incident serves as a reminder that there is still work to be done in combating antisemitism and other forms of hate in society.