Crime & Safety
Anti-Semitic Remarks Interrupt Virtual Service In West Hartford
A virtual service offered by a West Hartford synagogue was interrupted by anti-Semitic posts this week, police said.
WEST HARTFORD, CT — A Zoom bomb this week led to several anti-Semitic remarks posted during a virtual religious service, police said.
Just after 7:30 p.m. Monday, West Hartford Police went to Emanuel Synagogue at 160 Mohegan Drive to investigate a report about someone joining an open, public service via the Zoom application posting anti-Semitic and "other offensive material."
The meeting organizer quickly ended the meeting, police said.
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The meeting was restarted a few minutes later, but the same thing happened again, so the meeting was canceled, police said.
The case is still under investigation, police said.
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