--- title: Ilana Glazer Cancels at Event After Anti Semitic Graffiti description: Comedian Ilana Glazer cancelled an event at Union Temple in Brooklyn after the location was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti. canonical: https://time.com/5443259/ilana-glazer-cancels-temple-event/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-02T17:26:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:47.371Z og:title: Ilana Glazer Cancels Event at Temple Defaced With Anti-Semitic Graffiti og:description: "I can’t put them in that danger." og:url: https://time.com/5443259/ilana-glazer-cancels-temple-event/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06f1f870972348a2/69893e26ab6d772fdf6b414e/ilana-glazer-cancels-event-at-synagogue-anti-semitic-grafitti.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2nd Annual AT&T Presents: Untold Stories. An Inclusive Film Program In Collaboration With Tribeca og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ilana Glazer Cancels Event at Temple Defaced With Anti-Semitic Graffiti twitter:description: "I can’t put them in that danger." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06f1f870972348a2/69893e26ab6d772fdf6b414e/ilana-glazer-cancels-event-at-synagogue-anti-semitic-grafitti.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ilana Glazer Cancels Event at New York Temple After It Was Defaced With Anti-Semitic Graffiti  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 2, 2018 5:26 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 11: Ilana Glazer attends the 2nd Annual AT NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 11: Ilana Glazer attends the 2nd Annual ATMike Pont—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 2, 2018 5:26 PM UTC Comedian [Ilana Glazer](http://time.com/3668358/broad-city-abbi-jacobson-abbi-jacobson-8-things/) canceled an event at a Brooklyn, New York synagogue on Thursday night after the temple was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti. The [_Broad City_](http://time.com/4366259/enums/) star was set to interview _Democracy Now!_‘s Amy Goodman, as well as two New York Senate candidates, Jim Gaughran and Andrew Gounardes on Thursday night during an event with the organization, Generator, to help encourage people to vote ahead of midterm elections next week. According to [the _New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/nyregion/broad-city-jewish-synagogue-anti-semitism.html), police and officials at Union Temple of Brooklyn in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, said that anti-Semitic messages were written in black marker on multiple locations at the place of worship, including “die jew rats” and “end it now.” After 8 pm, Glazer announced to those who had been waiting for the event to begin for over an hour, that the event was cancelled due to the hateful messages written on the walls of the temple. In an interview on [_Democracy Now!_](https://www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/broad%5Fcitys%5Filana%5Fglazer%5Fwhy%5Fi)on Friday morning, Glazer further explained why the event was cancelled. “I can’t put these 200 people, who came to listen in a safe space—I can’t put them in that danger,” Glazer said of the incident on Thursday night. 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