Overview

• Shortly after midnight on June 15, a brick painted with “Free Palestine” was hurled through the front window of The Butcherie in Brookline without causing injuries.
• Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster confirmed at least two masked suspects were caught on surveillance and that the incident is being probed as a hate crime.
• The Butcherie, operating since 1971 as the Boston area’s only kosher grocery, condemned the act as an intimidation tactic against its Jewish owners.
• Local Jewish leaders have organized a 2 p.m. rally outside the store today to support The Butcherie and denounce anti-Jewish violence.
• Data from the Anti-Defamation League show a 500% surge in anti-Semitic incidents since October 2023, a spike observers tie to Israel’s Operation Rising Lion against Iran.