Another synagogue in Huntsville has been targeted by anti-Semitic graffiti.

The Chabad of Huntsville, a Jewish house of worship and private home off Governors Drive, was spray-painted with swastikas and racial slurs overnight. It’s the second Jewish facility to be vandalized in the city in as many days. On Wednesday night, as the Jewish Passover holiday began, Etz Chayim, the Conservative synagogue on Bailey Cove Road, was similarly vandalized.

“We do not condone this,” said Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle at a press conference outside the Chabad this morning. “We are going to make sure we protect our community.”

City leaders vowed to bring to justice those responsible for the vandalism. The FBI is helping with the investigation.

Huntsville police Chief Mark McMurray praised Alabama’s hate crime law as he said that the graffiti is a criminal act. A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered through Huntsville Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the vandalism. Anyone with information is asked to call 256-53-CRIME (532-7463).

“To the person who did this we’re asking for you to go ahead and turn yourself in” McMurray said.

Huntsville police have released photos from surveillance footage of a suspect. Not great quality, but it’s what they have. Anyone with info about the vandalism at the synagogues is asked to call crime stoppers at 256-532-7463. pic.twitter.com/TD2e34sHQe — Ashley Remkus (@aremkus1) April 10, 2020

The Jewish Federation of Huntsville and North Alabama released a statement condemning both incidents and saying the Jewish community is under attack.

“In the night, during one of the holiest times of the year for the Jewish people, cowards have now attacked us twice,” the statement says.

Passover is an annual commemoration of the story of Exodus. Jewish families gather in homes and retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt.

“An attack on the Jewish community is an attack on all of us,” the federation said in the statement. “It’s meant to terrify us. Make no mistake, we will not be scared out of this wonderful place we call home.

“Instead we will use this as a rallying cry to squelch the sickness of hatred and bigotry in our community,” the statement continues. “Everyone should feel safe to practice their religion and should not be targeted for who they are. Period.”

Tobias Mendelson, president of the federation, called for the community to come together in opposition to hated, bigotry and intolerance.

“We will not let the acts of a vicious individual or small group deter us from staying in a place the Jewish people have called home for well over a century,” he said in a statement.

Battle called the vandalism “thoughtless, senseless and stupid.”

“You can’t fathom why somebody would try to do something like this,” he said. “There’s anger here, there’s sadness.”

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This story was last updated at 5:47 p.m.