Anti-Semitic, Racist Pamphlets Distributed In South Philadelphia
The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. Image by National Park Service
(JTA) — Fliers described by local media as anti-Semitic and racist were placed on cars in parts of South Philadelphia.
The page-long flier makes several false claims about the Jewish community and African Americans, the local CBS affiliate reported.
“In general it profiles a really negative light on people of the Jewish faith, and their business dealings. It is anti-Semitic, and in my opinion it was trying to galvanize the African American community, to kind of be against the Jewish community,” Betsy Oliphant Ross, who found one of the fliers, told ABC6. She said she was “disturbed” by the flier she found on Friday afternoon.
More fliers were discovered on Saturday and Sunday
State Rep. Joanna McClinton called the fliers “hate-filled” and “unacceptable.”
Police reportedly are looking for video from security cameras in the area to try to find the person or persons who left the fliers.
A message from our Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishman Feddersen
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.
We’ve set a goal to raise $260,000 by December 31. That’s an ambitious goal, but one that will give us the resources we need to invest in the high quality news, opinion, analysis and cultural coverage that isn’t available anywhere else.
If you feel inspired to make an impact, now is the time to give something back. Join us as a member at your most generous level.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
