Riverside woman who bombarded Jewish family with ‘hate-filled’ phone calls sentenced to prison
LA TimesWorkers begin demolition on Jan. 17, 2023, at the Tree of Life building in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, as part of the effort to reimagine the building to honor the 11 people who were killed there in 2018. A Riverside woman who bombarded the former executive director of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue with phone calls and threatening voicemails — the first coming just months after the deadliest antisemitic attack on U.S. soil — has been sentenced to almost three years in prison, according to court documents. Markenzy Lapointe, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, said Harris’ ”antisemitic threats terrorized a Jewish family.” “Her hate-filled telephone calls and voicemails were abhorrent,” Lapointe said in a statement. Harris cloaked her identity using the *67 feature, which blocks caller identification, and left voicemails laden “with antisemitic and harassing language,” according to court documents. In one call played in court, Harris repeatedly screamed, “Sieg Heil, killers,” using a slur, before hanging up, according to court documents.
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