Things “turned unlawful,” and two people were arrested—one for battery and the other for vandalism—after a group protested outside and within Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jeff Lee, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, told JNS.

Private citizens held the suspects, who were then transported to the police department and booked, Lee said.

Rabbi Joel Nickerson, senior rabbi of the Reform congregation, told JNS that “these individuals targeted the Jewish community and chose to disrupt a community event on synagogue property that was focused on advancing public safety in Koreatown.”

The temple, the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles, is located in the city’s Koreatown neighborhood. Video footage that circulated on social media appeared to show protesters sh

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