A worker washes off red paint last week from the first vandalism on the “The Weitzman Stands with Israel” banner and Israeli flag on the side of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall. Read more Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer

by Robert Moran Published Aug. 26, 2025, 7:42 p.m. ET

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and its large Israeli flag display on Monday were vandalized for a second time this month with red paint.

The Philadelphia Police Department said Tuesday that the museum’s manager notified police that an unknown individual had vandalized additional areas of the museum’s walls and grounds. Both incidents remain under investigation.

On Aug. 18, the Israeli flag and a white section beneath it that reads, “T

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