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Posted: 2017-02-27T22:13:26Z | Updated: 2017-02-27T22:28:26Z

After hearing that a Jewish cemetery was vandalized near his home , a Muslim activist in Pennsylvania is pledging to once again stand with his Jewish neighbors amid increased reports of anti-Semitism.

Tarek El-Messidi, who with the help of fellow activist Linda Sarsour had earlier helped raise over $135,000 to repair toppled gravestones at a Missouri Jewish cemetery, announced that excess funds from that campaign will also be allocated to Philadelphias Mount Carmel Cemetery.

As many as 100 tombstones were damaged at Mount Carmel over the weekend, according to CNN . Police, who are still searching for the culprits, classified the incident as institutional vandalism .