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“It is the equivalent of putting a Nazi swastika on the side of a Jewish school,” said Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz.

This is not the first time Beth Jacob has a been a target of extremists.

While our eyes are focused on the Squirrel Hill community and the cause of national unity, a number of recent events also remind us that parts of California remain fertile ground for the kind of hateful, extremist ideology that motivated the Pittsburgh shooter.