Jewish cemetery desecrated in N.J. town

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.Hundreds of headstones at a Jewish cemetery were toppled, and authorities are investigating the desecration as a bias crime.A police spokesman initially said anti-Semitism wasn't being considered as a possible motive after nearly 500 headstones were found toppled Sunday morning at the Poile Zedek Cemetery. But Sgt. Richard Rowe said Wednesday that he had misspoke.The desecration was discovered about a week after 17 headstones were toppled at the same cemetery. Police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office were investigating; authorities did not immediately return calls Thursday seeking further detail.Rabbi Abraham Mykoff of the Poile Zedek Synagogue told the Home News Tribune of East Brunswick that a reward of several thousand dollars was being offered for information. "This was not vandalism," Mykoff said Tuesday. "This was malicious intent to destroy a Jewish cemetery."
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