A kosher restaurant in Washington, D.C. suffered late-night vandalism Saturday on the anniversary of a Nazi pogrom, Kristallnacht, its found
by John Oyewale
A kosher restaurant in Washington, D.C. suffered late-night vandalism Saturday on the anniversary of a Nazi pogrom, Kristallnacht, its founder said.
Char Bar founder Michael Chelst told radio host Zev Brenner of Talkline Communications that at least one person not earlier than 10 p.m. threw bricks at two street-facing impact windows of the restaurant, damaging them.
Char Bar was the only business in the area that was attacked, to the best of Chelst’s knowledge.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (JFGW) shared a picture of the cracked windows.
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the incident but has not yet classified it as a hate crime, Chelst also told Brenner. Chelst acknowledged “an outpour [sic] from the community.”
Ron Halber, the Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington , told Chelst that the D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser‘s office had become aware of the incident.
The building housing Char Bar had cameras on the sides and at the back but none facing the street-facing windows, so the restaurant had no footage showing the alleged vandals, Chelst said. The restaurant itself has cameras inside.
