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Antisemitic Flyers Found in LA During Passover

A spate of antisemitic flyers were found scattered around Beverly Hills and Los Angeles on the morning of April 16th.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the flyers were found “in a neighborhood on the northern end of Beverly Hills” as well as in West Los Angeles and Hollywood, per KTLA. The flyers stated “Every Single Aspect of the Media is Jewish” and “Every Single Aspect of the Ukraine-Russia War Is Jewish.”

Beverly Hills Police Sgt. Ryan Dolan told the Times: “We’re still figuring out where they all are. There is no credible threat to people right now.”

Beverly Hills Mayor Lilli Bosse condemned the flyers in a tweet, stating: “Hate will NEVER Win. We are only stronger.”

Los Angeles City Council candidate Sam Yebri said in a statement that “the timing of this act was clearly intentional,” as they came about during the beginning of Passover, when “Jews around the world sit down to remember the enslavement of generations of Jewish people in Egypt and to celebrate our liberation.” “In that vein, we must remember that only sunlight can drive out darkness,” he added. “We must stand together across our diverse communities and link arms to continue in the fight for equality and tolerance for all, especially on the eve of the Passover and Easter holidays.”

Jewish groups also condemned the flyers.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, also said in a statement to the Journal: “These are vile anti-Semitic messages sometimes changed to reflect local prominent Jews. This group has found [a] way to gain notoriety by their cowardly anti-Jewish screeds thrown in Jewish neighborhoods. Fueled by local notoriety and social media platforming. Disgusting and outrageous.” He added that the “expanding expressions of Jew-hatred in society contributes to the normalcy of anti-Jewish hate.”

Stop Antisemitism Executive Director Liora Rez said in a statement to the Journal that they are “disgusted” that the group behind the flyers “continues on their hateful harassment campaign against Jewish Americans, specifically during the Passover holiday. We’re asking local prosecutors and police to carefully examine each individual incident in order to properly identify how to stop this insanity. Enough is enough!”