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A former top public safety official for Massachusetts said his hometown of Concord has "an antisemitism problem."

Kurt Schwartz is speaking out to WBZ-TV after his home was hit with vandalism and graffitti, apparently sparked by his display of support for Israeli victims of Hamas. Schwartz spent nine years as director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, helping keep us safe during storms.

But now it's Schwartz and other Jewish residents feeling unsafe after a vandal uprooted Israeli flags and other signs of support the Schwartzes put in their yard after the Hamas slaughter. Earlier this summer, graffiti was scrawled on their sidewalk reading "Genocide supporters live here" and "W

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