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More than 100 headstones were vandalized at Mount Carmel, a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia in February 2017. Jacqueline Larma/AP hide caption

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Searching For Meaning After A Jewish Cemetery Is Desecrated

As a child, author Daniel Torday visited desecrated Jewish grave sites in Europe. But recently the vandalism occurred closer to home, at a Jewish cemetery in his hometown of Philadelphia.

More than 100 headstones were vandalized at Mount Carmel, a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia in February 2017. Jacqueline Larma/AP hide caption

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Searching For Meaning After A Jewish Cemetery Is Desecrated

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From WHYY in Philadelphia