HAMPTON, Va. — Leaders of the Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula say 24 headstones were damaged in an act of vandalism that has left members of the Jewish community shaken.
The damage was discovered in one of the oldest sections of the cemetery in Hampton, a burial ground that dates back over 130 years.
“This is not merely property damage,” said E.D. “Buddy” David, president of the Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula. “It is an assault on our dead, on our grief, and on our dignity as a community.”…