Vandalism mars Hanukkah in Indiana college town (AP)

[Yahoo! News]

AP - When Indiana University student Carl Corenblum found a rock and shattered window at the Chabad House Jewish Center near campus, he never thought about the possibility that it could have been a hate crime.

But in the days since, authorities have recorded several other incidents of vandalism aimed at the city's Jewish community, including someone taking Hebrew books from two libraries — one at the university and one off-campus — and placing them in toilets and urinating on them.

"When you go after the books, it's a much more severe act, much more premeditated. It cuts much deeper, I think, too," said Corenblum, a 22-year-old psychology major from Alabama and one of about 4,000 Jewish students on the campus of 40,000 about 60 miles south of Indianapolis.



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Alex Groysman, president of Chabad House

Alex Groysman, president of Chabad House, works inside of the house as a menorah is light in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.