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The regional director of the American Jewish Committee Los Angeles condemned the [[antisemitic]] riot:<ref>City News Service (May 30, 2020). [https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/synagogue-vandalized-in-fairfax-district-amid-protests/2371400/ Synagogue Vandalized in Fairfax District Amid Protests]. ''NBC Los Angeles''. Retrieved January 18, 2023.</ref>

The regional director of the American Jewish Committee Los Angeles condemned the [[antisemitic]] riot:<ref>City News Service (May 30, 2020). [https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/synagogue-vandalized-in-fairfax-district-amid-protests/2371400/ Synagogue Vandalized in Fairfax District Amid Protests]. ''NBC Los Angeles''. Retrieved January 18, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|It is deplorable that certain protesters in Los Angeles today resorted to violence and vandalism. Sadly, their destructive opportunism included the defacing of Congregation Beth Israel, one of the oldest synagogues in Los Angeles and the spiritual home to many Holocaust survivors over the years. The epithets scrawled on the synagogue wall do nothing to advance the cause of peace or justice, here or abroad.|||Richard S. Hirschhaut|||May 2020}}

{{cquote|It is deplorable that certain protesters in Los Angeles today resorted to violence and vandalism. Sadly, their destructive opportunism included the defacing of Congregation Beth Israel, one of the oldest synagogues in Los Angeles and the spiritual home to many Holocaust survivors over the years. The epithets scrawled on the synagogue wall do nothing to advance the cause of peace or justice, here or abroad.|||Richard S. Hirschhaut, May 2020}}

Even a Democratic member of the city council sharply denounced the antisemitic nature of the violence:<ref>Tugend, Tom (June 2, 2020). [https://www.jta.org/2020/06/02/united-states/los-angeles-jews-take-stock-after-george-floyd-protests-batter-local-institutions Los Angeles Jews take stock after George Floyd protests batter local institutions]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved January 18, 2023.</ref>

Even a Democratic member of the city council sharply denounced the antisemitic nature of the violence:<ref>Tugend, Tom (June 2, 2020). [https://www.jta.org/2020/06/02/united-states/los-angeles-jews-take-stock-after-george-floyd-protests-batter-local-institutions Los Angeles Jews take stock after George Floyd protests batter local institutions]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved January 18, 2023.</ref>