Antisemitic Flyers Found in DC’s Kalorama Neighborhood

Many residents of D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood woke to search out hatred on their doorsteps Thursday morning, and it wasn’t the primary time the neighborhood was focused for the distribution of crudely made antisemitic flyers. 

Safety video reveals a person with a backpack calmly dropping what look like folded items of paper onto doorsteps within the neighborhood in Northwest D.C. about 7 a.m.

The flyers had been stuffed with anti-Jewish conspiracy theories – hurtful and intimidating, mentioned Gregg Busch, who’s Jewish.

“It was fairly horrifying,” he mentioned. “It issues me greater than ever. It’s one thing that retains developing on a regular basis in media and information articles.”  

Anybody who receives one of many flyers ought to contact D.C. police to report it so it may be logged as a hate/bias incident and reviewed for prosecution.

Antisemitic flyers just lately had been distributed in Rehoboth Seaside, Delaware, and now have been present in a number of D.C.-area neighborhoods in recent times.

“Why create extra hate than that’s already on the market?” Busch mentioned. “And that’s what that does.”

Kalorama residents mentioned they discovered comparable flyers on their doorsteps across the identical time final 12 months.

The Anti-Defamation League says 63% of hate crimes within the U.S. involving faith are fueled by antisemitism.