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Milwaukee rabbi and son ordered to pay $1,000 to muralist who reportedly praised Hamas in court

JL;DR SUMMARY A retired rabbi, Peter Mehler, and his son, Zechariah 'Zee' Mehler, were ordered to pay a $1,000 restitution for vandalizing a Milwaukee mural depicting a Star of David transforming into a swastika, viewed by the Jewish community as antisemitic. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasJewish CommunityRabbiVandalismPalestinianMilwaukeeRestitutionMuralCourt Case

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
"A retired rabbi and his son were sentenced Wednesday in Milwaukee for having destroyed a local mural in 2024 that depicted the Star of David transforming into a swastika."

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