[Video below.] Authorities in Ocean County are investigating a series of antisemitic incidents after vandals broke into the new Jackson Township campus of Bais Medrash Govoah set to open later this month, causing extensive damage and scrawling hateful messages throughout the building. Police are also probing separate acts of vandalism directed at Chai Lifeline, the organization that supports children and families facing serious illness and trauma.

According to Jackson Township police, investigators have identified the seven young individuals captured on surveillance cameras entering the new campus of Bais Medrash Govoah, where they allegedly caused significant property damage and wrote antisemitic and racist slurs on classroom chalkboards. Officials said the messages were so offensive that they would not be released publicly.

Police are treating the break-in, which occurred late last week, as a hate crime. Investigators are also examining three additional incidents of vandalism that targeted Chai Lifeline.

“It was heartbreaking,” Jackson Township Council President Mordy Burnstein said. “I had thought that we lived in America in 2026, that things like this shouldn’t be occurring anymore.”

In response to the incidents, Police Chief Mary Nelson said officers have increased their presence around the affected locations as well as other areas considered especially sensitive throughout the township.

“We’ve increased patrols both in the areas of target and also in other sensitive areas within our township,” Nelson said.

Burnstein said the recent vandalism reflects the same antisemitism he has personally encountered while serving in public office.

“I’ve gotten emails from my township email calling me Dirty Jew and other language words I don’t want to use,” he said.

“When hate is left unchecked, every family loses their sense of safety,” Mayor Jennifer Kuhn said. “It is extremely disturbing.”

Although no arrests have yet been announced, Chief Nelson said authorities intend to pursue charges against those responsible, regardless of their age.

“Whenever there’s an active hate, we do take it seriously and we prosecute it,” Nelson said. “We want it to be known that we’re not willing to accept this in our township.”

Investigators do not believe the suspects who vandalized the yeshiva are the same individuals responsible for the separate attacks on Chai Lifeline. Meanwhile, security has been posted at the Bais Medrash Govoah campus around the clock as the investigation continues.

“We may pray differently, we may dress differently, we’re all human beings, we’re all Americans,” Burnstein said.

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