Two-dozen gravestones are toppled at a small Jewish cemetery in Inkster.

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artial listing of the names
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stones were knocked face down,
with no gentifying marks visible.

Two-dozen headstones lie in the grass at Westwood Cemetery.

DIANA LIEBERMAN

Staff Writer

V

andals overturned 24 gravestones in a
Jewish cemetery in Inkster just before
Rosh HaShana, but no one investigat-
ing the vandalism is willing to label the
incident anti-Semitic.
The vandalism took place at Westwood
Cemetery, located on Michigan Avenue between
Beech Daly and John Daly. It most likely
occurred sometime between Tuesday, Sept. 7, and

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Wednesday, Sept. 8, said cemetery administrator
Rabbi Moshe Zaklikofsky of the Mishkan Israel
Nusach H'ari Lubavitcher Center in Oak Park.
The Inkster Police Department is investigating
and has stepped up patrols in the area, said
Detective Paul Martin.
Only two or three of the headstones appear to
be damaged, Martin said. Further damage may be
visible once the stones are righted.
"It appears that someone went through knocking
over the stones with their shoulder," Martin said.
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William Bordelove
Celia Cooper
Samuel Cooper
Etta Gellman
Joseph Gellman
Leah Gellman
Dora Jaroslow
Max Korchak
Ray Korchak
David Olshansky
Mollie Olshansky
Rose Olshansky