Swastika Painted on Sign of Route 10 Kosher Deli
Police investigating incident at Plaza West Deli as a bias crime.
A swastika was found painted on the marquee sign for Plaza West Deli Sunday afternoon, Parsippany Police said. The establishment has been known for years as a restaurant offering kosher specialties on Route 10. Police said Officer Paul Levi responded after receiving a report of graffiti on a business sign. Upon arrival, Levi reported seeing an orange swastika painted on the Plaza West sign, which is about 15 feet back from Route 10 West. The crime is being investigated as a bias crime, Police Chief Anthony DeZenzo said. The swastika was on the west side of the sign, facing away from oncoming traffic, police said. The symbol, employed in Nazi Germany in the 1940s and seen by many as being anti-Semitic or hateful toward Jewish people, was …
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Pete
9:14 am on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sorry to hear that they're going out of the kosher-deli business... it's getting hard to find good kosher or kosher-style grub out here. more ›