For May And Early June
There are been SOOO many newspaper and internet articles on our Flyer Drive for April, May and June that we had to cut back on which one's we post. So many that we had to cut it down to just a few for the months of May and early June. Late June articles will no doubt have their own sub-section.
From most recently posted by us on down. Dates range from 1st May to 3rd June....
From most recently posted by us on down. Dates range from 1st May to 3rd June....
Anti-Semitic flyers distributed in Austin over the past two weeks
The incidents are being investigated as intimidation
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.
Anti-Semitic flyers, placed onto cars, were distributed over the past two weeks in parts of Austin and San Antonio and the incidents are under police investigation.
The flyers, according to the Anti-Defamation League, contain various anti-Semitic messages.
The flyers were left on street parked cars in the dead of night in Austin around The North Loop area, and in San Antonio in the Woodlawn Lake and Rosedale Park, said Detectives. Police received more than two dozen reports about the flyers, which have been collected as evidence.
“We are investigating. It is a concern to the community and it’s a concern to us.”
On Wednesday police received reports of “flyers containing Anti-Semitic language” from residents in the Brentwood neighborhood.
“These flyers are being investigated by the DPS,” police said in a statement.
White supremacist and antisemitic propaganda was also distributed with stickers, according to the ADL.
“It is especially despicable and disgusting that a group of antisemites would choose to distribute hateful, antisemitic propaganda just before the trial of Bowers,” said ADL, in a written statement. “It is important to expose this type of hateful activity and to shine a light on the increase in antisemitism across the country.”
Similar anti-Semitic propaganda was distributed over the week in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Texas, according to the ADL.
The ADL has “tracked a significant increase in white supremacist propaganda efforts in the U.S.,” the organization said in a news release. “ADL’s Center on Extremism tracked a near doubling of white supremacist propaganda distributions in 2022 with a total 5,525 cases reported nationwide. A total of 517 white supremacist propaganda incidents have been reported in Texas in 2021 and 2022.”
The group responsible is lead by a well known white supremacist who resides in Austin. We reached out to a Hardy Lloyd, the leader, who stated that his group, which he calls a "Church", is "legally" passing out flyers in accordance with "state and federal constitutional rights".
People can report biased activities to the ADL at www.adl.org/reportincident. Anyone with information on the weeks long flyering is asked to call the DPS.
The incidents are being investigated as intimidation
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.
Anti-Semitic flyers, placed onto cars, were distributed over the past two weeks in parts of Austin and San Antonio and the incidents are under police investigation.
The flyers, according to the Anti-Defamation League, contain various anti-Semitic messages.
The flyers were left on street parked cars in the dead of night in Austin around The North Loop area, and in San Antonio in the Woodlawn Lake and Rosedale Park, said Detectives. Police received more than two dozen reports about the flyers, which have been collected as evidence.
“We are investigating. It is a concern to the community and it’s a concern to us.”
On Wednesday police received reports of “flyers containing Anti-Semitic language” from residents in the Brentwood neighborhood.
“These flyers are being investigated by the DPS,” police said in a statement.
White supremacist and antisemitic propaganda was also distributed with stickers, according to the ADL.
“It is especially despicable and disgusting that a group of antisemites would choose to distribute hateful, antisemitic propaganda just before the trial of Bowers,” said ADL, in a written statement. “It is important to expose this type of hateful activity and to shine a light on the increase in antisemitism across the country.”
Similar anti-Semitic propaganda was distributed over the week in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Texas, according to the ADL.
The ADL has “tracked a significant increase in white supremacist propaganda efforts in the U.S.,” the organization said in a news release. “ADL’s Center on Extremism tracked a near doubling of white supremacist propaganda distributions in 2022 with a total 5,525 cases reported nationwide. A total of 517 white supremacist propaganda incidents have been reported in Texas in 2021 and 2022.”
The group responsible is lead by a well known white supremacist who resides in Austin. We reached out to a Hardy Lloyd, the leader, who stated that his group, which he calls a "Church", is "legally" passing out flyers in accordance with "state and federal constitutional rights".
People can report biased activities to the ADL at www.adl.org/reportincident. Anyone with information on the weeks long flyering is asked to call the DPS.
Antisemitic stickers placed throughout Central Austin; police investigating
Posted: June 1st, 2023 / 07:17 AM PST
Austin police are investigating after antisemitic stickers were placed throughout the city, authorities said.
After getting calls about the stickers, officers responded to different locations in the city and found stickers “containing hate speech related to the Jewish community,” the Austin Police Department said in a statement.
Officers, with help from city Public Works crews and the DPS, started removing the stickers.
Police said the antisemitic stickers were likely placed in the city sometime overnight, but it’s unclear who did it.
“The Austin Police are seeking the assistance of the community with this investigation in an attempt to identify the person or persons responsible for this disturbing act,” the department said.
Residents with home surveillance video that may have captured whoever placed the stickers are asked to assist.
The incident remains under investigation and no further details were available.
The stickers were placed just days after the police announced they were investigating approximately 800 flyers containing calls to join up with an antisemitic church. The church, listed as Neo-Nazi by the Anti-Defamation League, is headquartered in Austin and run by a "Reverend" Lloyd, a known white supremacist who moved here in 2020.
The flyers are so vile and demented that we refuse to share what was written on them.
Posted: June 1st, 2023 / 07:17 AM PST
Austin police are investigating after antisemitic stickers were placed throughout the city, authorities said.
After getting calls about the stickers, officers responded to different locations in the city and found stickers “containing hate speech related to the Jewish community,” the Austin Police Department said in a statement.
Officers, with help from city Public Works crews and the DPS, started removing the stickers.
Police said the antisemitic stickers were likely placed in the city sometime overnight, but it’s unclear who did it.
“The Austin Police are seeking the assistance of the community with this investigation in an attempt to identify the person or persons responsible for this disturbing act,” the department said.
Residents with home surveillance video that may have captured whoever placed the stickers are asked to assist.
The incident remains under investigation and no further details were available.
The stickers were placed just days after the police announced they were investigating approximately 800 flyers containing calls to join up with an antisemitic church. The church, listed as Neo-Nazi by the Anti-Defamation League, is headquartered in Austin and run by a "Reverend" Lloyd, a known white supremacist who moved here in 2020.
The flyers are so vile and demented that we refuse to share what was written on them.
Anti-Semitic Flyers Found In Pittsburgh Jewish Neighborhood
Police confirmed an ongoing investigation into the matter on Sunday
June 2nd, 2023, 06:27 AM EST
Police are investigating anti-Semitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh, including the Squirrel Hill neighborhood where a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others.
“Such antisemitic filled material will not be tolerated in our tight and unified city. A city of neighbors." - Summer Lee stated in a phone call.
“We are taking this matter very seriously and will follow every investigative avenue,” said the cities Public Safety Officer. “Pittsburgh is and will remain Stronger than Hate.”
We are not going to repeat what the pamphlets said so as to not give this hate-group "Church" any attention. To even call them a "Church" is in our eyes a slur in it's own right.
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune Review that the messages were antisemitic and hateful in nature, but did not seem to be pointing to any specific threat. An impersonal hate-filled message.
“We are committed to the safety and security of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community. We have the utmost confidence in our local and national law enforcement as they investigate.”
Robert Bowers wielded an “assault rifle” and carried at least three handguns with him when he opened fire on the Tree of Life Congregation. The pamphlets are an attempt to take advantage of the ongoing trial of Bowers.
Bowers, who had a history of posting anti-Semitic comments online prior to the attack, was charged in a 44-count indictment with murder, hate crimes and other offenses that could bring the death penalty.
Police confirmed an ongoing investigation into the matter on Sunday
June 2nd, 2023, 06:27 AM EST
Police are investigating anti-Semitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh, including the Squirrel Hill neighborhood where a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others.
“Such antisemitic filled material will not be tolerated in our tight and unified city. A city of neighbors." - Summer Lee stated in a phone call.
“We are taking this matter very seriously and will follow every investigative avenue,” said the cities Public Safety Officer. “Pittsburgh is and will remain Stronger than Hate.”
We are not going to repeat what the pamphlets said so as to not give this hate-group "Church" any attention. To even call them a "Church" is in our eyes a slur in it's own right.
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune Review that the messages were antisemitic and hateful in nature, but did not seem to be pointing to any specific threat. An impersonal hate-filled message.
“We are committed to the safety and security of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community. We have the utmost confidence in our local and national law enforcement as they investigate.”
Robert Bowers wielded an “assault rifle” and carried at least three handguns with him when he opened fire on the Tree of Life Congregation. The pamphlets are an attempt to take advantage of the ongoing trial of Bowers.
Bowers, who had a history of posting anti-Semitic comments online prior to the attack, was charged in a 44-count indictment with murder, hate crimes and other offenses that could bring the death penalty.
White Supremacist Stickers Found Around Greensburg Police said
Posted Fri, June 2nd, 2023 at 4:06 pm ET
Over the past week, police and public works crews removed several of these stickers.
GREENSBURG, PA — Stickers promoting white supremacy, antisemitism, racism, and a hate-based church have been found around Greensburg, police said.
According to police, the stickers have been put on road signs, stop signs, and other fixed objects across the city recently.
Police declined to name the organizations whose materials were found in the township so as not to bring further attention to them. We were contacted by several individuals claiming to belong to a church who took credit for the hate filled propaganda.
Officers are looking for additional hate-based stickers and signage for removal.
Over the past week, police and public works crews removed several of these stickers.
The public is urged to contact Police if such stickers or leaflets are spotted around the town.
"These stickers may appear innocuous from a distance and similar to other items which are often affixed to public signage," police said. Your continued vigilance is greatly appreciated."
Posted Fri, June 2nd, 2023 at 4:06 pm ET
Over the past week, police and public works crews removed several of these stickers.
GREENSBURG, PA — Stickers promoting white supremacy, antisemitism, racism, and a hate-based church have been found around Greensburg, police said.
According to police, the stickers have been put on road signs, stop signs, and other fixed objects across the city recently.
Police declined to name the organizations whose materials were found in the township so as not to bring further attention to them. We were contacted by several individuals claiming to belong to a church who took credit for the hate filled propaganda.
Officers are looking for additional hate-based stickers and signage for removal.
Over the past week, police and public works crews removed several of these stickers.
The public is urged to contact Police if such stickers or leaflets are spotted around the town.
"These stickers may appear innocuous from a distance and similar to other items which are often affixed to public signage," police said. Your continued vigilance is greatly appreciated."
I love how he posted this article before he read my response to his questions. No where in my two or three emails to this Ass Hat, who has a long history of bigotry towards me, did I ever claim that I was responsible for the flyering in Western PA, Ohio or in Buffalo. I told him to contact our Pgh Congregation, which he did, and who responded claiming to have passed out flyers LEGALLY in Pgh and surrounding areas. He does not quote either myself nor Brother Joe, who heads up the Pgh Congregation. Nor did he wait for any real responses before publishing. No surprise. He always does this. The only real problem I have is A) No credit was given to our PA Brothers and Sisters. As if I was the sole member of a global Church. HAH!! B) He mentioned the fake warrant without pointing out that when you do a background check on me no such warrant or Austin/Travis case pops up. And C) He claims the snitch bitch I executed was my 'girlfriend', even though I was MARRIED at the time, and that cunt was ugly as hell!! lol - Outside of that I am glad he mentioned the Church's name!! All other media outlets from Chicago to NYC to Israel have left that off. So, at least some TRUE free publicity for once.
White supremacist calls for violence amid Pittsburgh trial for synagogue shooter
“Our intelligence unit, detectives and patrol officers are closely monitoring him and take any possible threat extremely seriously,” the Pittsburgh public safety department told JNS.
Dennis Roddy
(June 2, 2023 / JNS)
Reverend Hardy Lloyd, an antisemitic extremist who spent years in prison on weapons charges, recently claimed credit for racist stickers dotting a park in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He also issued a veiled threat online against jurors in the ongoing trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman who shot and killed 11 Jewish worshippers during Shabbat-morning services at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in October 2018.
Lloyd also openly called for more killings.
“We have struck Pittsburgh and shall continue to pass out flyers until Richard Bowers, the great WHITE hero of Pgh, is freed,” wrote Lloyd, a longtime fixture in the racist movement, in an email that was provided to JNS.
“We shall also file for the names of the jury once it is over to make sure they voted the right way. If Bowers is not freed then we shall not only up our flyers, but also make PGH sorry. We cannot state what this is, of course,” he added.
In subsequent emails, which were provided to JNS, and posts on Telegram, a channel favored by right-wing extremists, Lloyd openly called for the murder of Jews. Throughout those posts, which the Anti-Defamation League confirmed, he incorrectly referred to the defendant in the trial as Richard Bowers.
“So let us raise a glass to Richard Bowers and learn from his Strike of Freedom,” Lloyd posted on Telegram. “Let us take notes so we can increase the body count. Don’t go on a podcast and rant … Don’t hold a rally with 5 people. Don’t wave your gun in the air without shooting anyone. No, go out there and KILL A FEW JEWS!!’
The postings come nearly five years after Bowers entered the Squirrel Hill synagogue, armed with an assault rifle and two handguns, and methodically opened fire on members of three different congregations who gathered for prayer services in the building, killing 11 people, most of them elderly, and injuring others.
“Pittsburgh Police are very aware of Hardy Lloyd. Our intelligence unit, detectives and patrol officers are closely monitoring him and take any possible threat extremely seriously,” Cara Cruz, public information officer at the city’s public safety department, told JNS.
“The federation is aware of Hardy Lloyd, and he is someone who is a potential threat to the Jewish community-at-large based on his intense and irrational hatred of Jews and other minority and faith-based groups,” Shawn Brokos, director of community security at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, told JNS.
‘He’s a volatile and unstable person’
Mark Pitcavage, a senior researcher at the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS that the ADL alerted law enforcement to Lloyd’s postings. (The office of the U.S. marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania referred JNS to the U.S. attorney for that district. The attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a query from JNS.)
“He’s trying to use it as a way to encourage hate and even violence. He’s urging people to do this sort of thing. He literally calls [Bowers] a hero,” Pitcavage told JNS.
“He has a volatile past history, which includes a murder, although he was acquitted. He’s a volatile and unstable person,” Pitcavage added. “More than that, he’s broadcasting this stuff to his mailing lists, to Telegram, to VK. It’s not just the risk he might personally represent. It’s the influence on someone who might see his posts.” (VK is a Russian social network.)
In a mass email, Lloyd warned against a conviction of Bowers.
“But just know that any guilty verdict could bring down the wrath of lone wolves in the region,” Lloyd wrote. “Not saying we would directly do or plan anything. But know that lone wolves will do something, and we cannot prevent them, nor would we want to. Free this great WHITE hero!”
The term “lone wolf” is used in extremist circles to describe gunmen who carry out targeted attacks against minority or political groups without directly coordinating their actions with established groups.
Lloyd’s website includes a page with photographs of nine such attackers, including Bowers. Among those pictured is Dylann Roof, who gunned down nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church.
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Lloyd, 45, was acquitted of murder in 2006 after he shot his girlfriend, Lori Hann, following an argument. He went on to publish online posts taunting her family.
Lloyd now says he is the leader of the Church of Ben Klassen, an offshoot of the virulent, racist and antisemitic World Church of the Creator. That group’s leader, Matthew Hale, was imprisoned in 2004 after he was convicted of soliciting the murder of a federal judge in Chicago.
Among the “lone wolves” praised on Lloyd’s website is Benjamin Smith, a Hale follower who gunned down Jews and other minorities in Illinois in 1999.
Texas media reports from last year report that Lloyd is currently sought in Austin on charges of making terroristic threats. Law enforcement said he threatened to bring a firearm into the Texas State Capitol and confront any law-enforcement official who challenged him.
In a recent email to JNS, Lloyd called the warrant, “fake.”
Lloyd, who grew up in the city’s east end, reportedly has Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. He has been hospitalized after some outbursts. His connection with neo-Nazi and racist movements began in the 1990s when he joined the World Church of the Creator, founded in 1973 by Ben Klassen, a former Florida legislator and inventor of the wall-mounted electric can-opener.
Hale, a law student from Peoria, Ill., was “Pontifex Maximus” of Klassen’s church after the founder’s death. He is currently serving a 40-year sentence at the federal prison in Marion, Ill.
White supremacist calls for violence amid Pittsburgh trial for synagogue shooter
“Our intelligence unit, detectives and patrol officers are closely monitoring him and take any possible threat extremely seriously,” the Pittsburgh public safety department told JNS.
Dennis Roddy
(June 2, 2023 / JNS)
Reverend Hardy Lloyd, an antisemitic extremist who spent years in prison on weapons charges, recently claimed credit for racist stickers dotting a park in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He also issued a veiled threat online against jurors in the ongoing trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman who shot and killed 11 Jewish worshippers during Shabbat-morning services at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in October 2018.
Lloyd also openly called for more killings.
“We have struck Pittsburgh and shall continue to pass out flyers until Richard Bowers, the great WHITE hero of Pgh, is freed,” wrote Lloyd, a longtime fixture in the racist movement, in an email that was provided to JNS.
“We shall also file for the names of the jury once it is over to make sure they voted the right way. If Bowers is not freed then we shall not only up our flyers, but also make PGH sorry. We cannot state what this is, of course,” he added.
In subsequent emails, which were provided to JNS, and posts on Telegram, a channel favored by right-wing extremists, Lloyd openly called for the murder of Jews. Throughout those posts, which the Anti-Defamation League confirmed, he incorrectly referred to the defendant in the trial as Richard Bowers.
“So let us raise a glass to Richard Bowers and learn from his Strike of Freedom,” Lloyd posted on Telegram. “Let us take notes so we can increase the body count. Don’t go on a podcast and rant … Don’t hold a rally with 5 people. Don’t wave your gun in the air without shooting anyone. No, go out there and KILL A FEW JEWS!!’
The postings come nearly five years after Bowers entered the Squirrel Hill synagogue, armed with an assault rifle and two handguns, and methodically opened fire on members of three different congregations who gathered for prayer services in the building, killing 11 people, most of them elderly, and injuring others.
“Pittsburgh Police are very aware of Hardy Lloyd. Our intelligence unit, detectives and patrol officers are closely monitoring him and take any possible threat extremely seriously,” Cara Cruz, public information officer at the city’s public safety department, told JNS.
“The federation is aware of Hardy Lloyd, and he is someone who is a potential threat to the Jewish community-at-large based on his intense and irrational hatred of Jews and other minority and faith-based groups,” Shawn Brokos, director of community security at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, told JNS.
‘He’s a volatile and unstable person’
Mark Pitcavage, a senior researcher at the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS that the ADL alerted law enforcement to Lloyd’s postings. (The office of the U.S. marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania referred JNS to the U.S. attorney for that district. The attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a query from JNS.)
“He’s trying to use it as a way to encourage hate and even violence. He’s urging people to do this sort of thing. He literally calls [Bowers] a hero,” Pitcavage told JNS.
“He has a volatile past history, which includes a murder, although he was acquitted. He’s a volatile and unstable person,” Pitcavage added. “More than that, he’s broadcasting this stuff to his mailing lists, to Telegram, to VK. It’s not just the risk he might personally represent. It’s the influence on someone who might see his posts.” (VK is a Russian social network.)
In a mass email, Lloyd warned against a conviction of Bowers.
“But just know that any guilty verdict could bring down the wrath of lone wolves in the region,” Lloyd wrote. “Not saying we would directly do or plan anything. But know that lone wolves will do something, and we cannot prevent them, nor would we want to. Free this great WHITE hero!”
The term “lone wolf” is used in extremist circles to describe gunmen who carry out targeted attacks against minority or political groups without directly coordinating their actions with established groups.
Lloyd’s website includes a page with photographs of nine such attackers, including Bowers. Among those pictured is Dylann Roof, who gunned down nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church.
ADVERTISEMENT
Lloyd, 45, was acquitted of murder in 2006 after he shot his girlfriend, Lori Hann, following an argument. He went on to publish online posts taunting her family.
Lloyd now says he is the leader of the Church of Ben Klassen, an offshoot of the virulent, racist and antisemitic World Church of the Creator. That group’s leader, Matthew Hale, was imprisoned in 2004 after he was convicted of soliciting the murder of a federal judge in Chicago.
Among the “lone wolves” praised on Lloyd’s website is Benjamin Smith, a Hale follower who gunned down Jews and other minorities in Illinois in 1999.
Texas media reports from last year report that Lloyd is currently sought in Austin on charges of making terroristic threats. Law enforcement said he threatened to bring a firearm into the Texas State Capitol and confront any law-enforcement official who challenged him.
In a recent email to JNS, Lloyd called the warrant, “fake.”
Lloyd, who grew up in the city’s east end, reportedly has Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. He has been hospitalized after some outbursts. His connection with neo-Nazi and racist movements began in the 1990s when he joined the World Church of the Creator, founded in 1973 by Ben Klassen, a former Florida legislator and inventor of the wall-mounted electric can-opener.
Hale, a law student from Peoria, Ill., was “Pontifex Maximus” of Klassen’s church after the founder’s death. He is currently serving a 40-year sentence at the federal prison in Marion, Ill.
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Antisemitic messages found in Pittsburgh neighborhoods as synagogue shooting trial begins
by David RulloJune 1, 2023
Wightman Park in Squirrel Hill. (David Rullo/Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
White supremacist messaging was found in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods in the lead-up to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial and after testimony began on Tuesday.
Most recently, about 15 stickers were discovered on utility poles and other surfaces in Wightman Park in Squirrel Hill, according to Shawn Brokos, director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
Flyers and stickers were also found in separate incidents in both Squirrel Hill and Oakland, she said.
“They are essentially saying that white people are the superior race,” Brokos said. “The rhetoric is akin to the Holocaust, but it is equal-opportunity hate so anyone who is non-white is essentially being targeted by the flyers and stickers.”
Those responsible, she said, are organizations using the trial as a means to attract attention to their cause.
At least 20 people reported finding the flyers or stickers.
“The scope was very targeted,” Brokos said, “maybe particular blocks, not a large swatch of area but certainly targeted at different areas.”
Despite the messages of hate and increased online chatter, Brokos said there are no known immediate threats to the community, and both federation and law enforcement agencies are working diligently and proactively to mitigate any potential danger.
All suspicious or antisemitic activity, including flyers and stickers, should be reported to law enforcement and the federation, Brokos said. Photos of the messages found should be included in the report before being removed.
Incidents can be reported online at jewishpgh.org/form/incident-report.
“If they go to that website, as much detail that can be provided is really helpful to us,” Brokos said.
Brokos anticipates the messages will continue throughout the span of the trial.
“I want to assure the community that we’re aware of the people behind this and we’re monitoring it carefully,” she said.
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Antisemitic messages found in Pittsburgh neighborhoods as synagogue shooting trial begins
by David RulloJune 1, 2023
Wightman Park in Squirrel Hill. (David Rullo/Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
White supremacist messaging was found in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods in the lead-up to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial and after testimony began on Tuesday.
Most recently, about 15 stickers were discovered on utility poles and other surfaces in Wightman Park in Squirrel Hill, according to Shawn Brokos, director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
Flyers and stickers were also found in separate incidents in both Squirrel Hill and Oakland, she said.
“They are essentially saying that white people are the superior race,” Brokos said. “The rhetoric is akin to the Holocaust, but it is equal-opportunity hate so anyone who is non-white is essentially being targeted by the flyers and stickers.”
Those responsible, she said, are organizations using the trial as a means to attract attention to their cause.
At least 20 people reported finding the flyers or stickers.
“The scope was very targeted,” Brokos said, “maybe particular blocks, not a large swatch of area but certainly targeted at different areas.”
Despite the messages of hate and increased online chatter, Brokos said there are no known immediate threats to the community, and both federation and law enforcement agencies are working diligently and proactively to mitigate any potential danger.
All suspicious or antisemitic activity, including flyers and stickers, should be reported to law enforcement and the federation, Brokos said. Photos of the messages found should be included in the report before being removed.
Incidents can be reported online at jewishpgh.org/form/incident-report.
“If they go to that website, as much detail that can be provided is really helpful to us,” Brokos said.
Brokos anticipates the messages will continue throughout the span of the trial.
“I want to assure the community that we’re aware of the people behind this and we’re monitoring it carefully,” she said.
Antisemitic fliers removed in Pittsburgh as trial for Tree of Life shooter begins
by: Drew Miller
Posted: Jun 1, 2023 / 09:00 PM EDT
(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– The Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission (PHRC) announced Thursday that they are aware of antisemitic fliers and stickers that were distributed in a Pittsburgh area park and have taken action to remove them.
According to the release, antisemitic fliers and stickers were being distributed in a neighborhood park of Squirrel Hill, a neighborhood in the Pittsburgh area. The materials have since been removed and the FBI has been notified.
Trial for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter begins
“Antisemitism and hate have no place in our commonwealth or our country,” said PHRC Executive Director Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW. “As Pennsylvania’s top civil rights enforcement agency, the PHRC condemns the distribution of this type of hateful material. We cannot let hate poison our communities. The PHRC stands beside our Jewish brothers and sisters in Pittsburgh and offers support and comfort to all.”
No additional information has been given on the contents of the fliers and stickers distributed.
Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
Earlier this week, the trial began for Robert Bowers, 50, who is accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
The attack is the worst worst antisemitic attack in American history and Bowers could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Faith lifted Pittsburgh Jews in long wait for massacre trial
This comes as antisemitic attacks and incidents have increased both in Pennsylvania and the nation over the last year according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
A 2022 audit of antisemitic incidents conducted by the ADL found 852 reported incidents of antisemitic propaganda flier distribution in 2022, an increase of 422 from 2021. In Pennsylvania, there were a total of 114 recorded antisemitic incidents in 2022, that’s up 65% from 2021.
The ADL also says that antisemitism is at its highest level across the nation since they first began tracking those incidents in 1979.
by: Drew Miller
Posted: Jun 1, 2023 / 09:00 PM EDT
(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– The Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission (PHRC) announced Thursday that they are aware of antisemitic fliers and stickers that were distributed in a Pittsburgh area park and have taken action to remove them.
According to the release, antisemitic fliers and stickers were being distributed in a neighborhood park of Squirrel Hill, a neighborhood in the Pittsburgh area. The materials have since been removed and the FBI has been notified.
Trial for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter begins
“Antisemitism and hate have no place in our commonwealth or our country,” said PHRC Executive Director Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW. “As Pennsylvania’s top civil rights enforcement agency, the PHRC condemns the distribution of this type of hateful material. We cannot let hate poison our communities. The PHRC stands beside our Jewish brothers and sisters in Pittsburgh and offers support and comfort to all.”
No additional information has been given on the contents of the fliers and stickers distributed.
Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
Earlier this week, the trial began for Robert Bowers, 50, who is accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
The attack is the worst worst antisemitic attack in American history and Bowers could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Faith lifted Pittsburgh Jews in long wait for massacre trial
This comes as antisemitic attacks and incidents have increased both in Pennsylvania and the nation over the last year according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
A 2022 audit of antisemitic incidents conducted by the ADL found 852 reported incidents of antisemitic propaganda flier distribution in 2022, an increase of 422 from 2021. In Pennsylvania, there were a total of 114 recorded antisemitic incidents in 2022, that’s up 65% from 2021.
The ADL also says that antisemitism is at its highest level across the nation since they first began tracking those incidents in 1979.
Antisemitic messages found in Pittsburgh neighborhoods
Shawn Brokos: "The rhetoric is akin to the Holocaust, but it is equal-opportunity hate so anyone who is non-white is essentially being targeted by the flyers and stickers.”
By David Rullo June 1, 2023
White supremacist messaging was found in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods in the lead-up to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial and after testimony began on Tuesday.
Most recently, about 15 stickers were discovered on utility poles and other surfaces in Wightman Park in Squirrel Hill, according to Shawn Brokos, director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
Flyers and stickers were also found in separate incidents in both Squirrel Hill and Oakland, she said.
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“They are essentially saying that white people are the superior race,” Brokos said. “The rhetoric is akin to the Holocaust, but it is equal-opportunity hate so anyone who is non-white is essentially being targeted by the flyers and stickers.”
Those responsible, she said, are organizations using the trial as a means to attract attention to their cause.
At least 20 people reported finding the flyers or stickers.
“The scope was very targeted,” Brokos said, “maybe particular blocks, not a large swatch of area but certainly targeted at different areas.”
Despite the messages of hate and increased online chatter, Brokos said there are no known immediate threats to the community. Both Federation and law enforcement agencies are working diligently and proactively to mitigate any potential danger.
All suspicious or antisemitic activity, including flyers and stickers, should be reported to law enforcement and the Federation, Brokos said. Photos of the messages found should be included in the report before being removed.
Incidents can be reported online at jewishpgh.org/form/incident-report.
“If they go to that website, as much detail that can be provided is really helpful to us,” Brokos said.
Brokos anticipates the messages will continue throughout the trial.
“I want to assure the community that we’re aware of the people behind this and we’re monitoring it carefully,” she said. PJC
David Rullo can be reached at drullo@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.
This story is part of ongoing coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and the Pittsburgh Union Progress in a collaboration supported by funding from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership.
Shawn Brokos: "The rhetoric is akin to the Holocaust, but it is equal-opportunity hate so anyone who is non-white is essentially being targeted by the flyers and stickers.”
By David Rullo June 1, 2023
White supremacist messaging was found in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods in the lead-up to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial and after testimony began on Tuesday.
Most recently, about 15 stickers were discovered on utility poles and other surfaces in Wightman Park in Squirrel Hill, according to Shawn Brokos, director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
Flyers and stickers were also found in separate incidents in both Squirrel Hill and Oakland, she said.
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“They are essentially saying that white people are the superior race,” Brokos said. “The rhetoric is akin to the Holocaust, but it is equal-opportunity hate so anyone who is non-white is essentially being targeted by the flyers and stickers.”
Those responsible, she said, are organizations using the trial as a means to attract attention to their cause.
At least 20 people reported finding the flyers or stickers.
“The scope was very targeted,” Brokos said, “maybe particular blocks, not a large swatch of area but certainly targeted at different areas.”
Despite the messages of hate and increased online chatter, Brokos said there are no known immediate threats to the community. Both Federation and law enforcement agencies are working diligently and proactively to mitigate any potential danger.
All suspicious or antisemitic activity, including flyers and stickers, should be reported to law enforcement and the Federation, Brokos said. Photos of the messages found should be included in the report before being removed.
Incidents can be reported online at jewishpgh.org/form/incident-report.
“If they go to that website, as much detail that can be provided is really helpful to us,” Brokos said.
Brokos anticipates the messages will continue throughout the trial.
“I want to assure the community that we’re aware of the people behind this and we’re monitoring it carefully,” she said. PJC
David Rullo can be reached at drullo@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.
This story is part of ongoing coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and the Pittsburgh Union Progress in a collaboration supported by funding from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership.
We must triple our anti JEW flyer campaign in response.
Especially in Pgh!!
House passes resolution condemning antisemitism as Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial continues
The resolution calls on elected officials and others to highlight the accomplishments and contributions of Jewish Americans.
JONATHAN D. SALANT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
jsalant@post-gazette.com
JUN 1, 2023 5:56 AM
WASHINGTON — As the trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue continued Wednesday, the U.S. House marked Jewish American Heritage Month by unanimously approving a resolution condemning antisemitism and recognizing American Jews.
The bipartisan legislation passed 429-0, including the votes of all five Western Pennsylvania House members. It calls on elected officials and others to highlight the accomplishments and contributions of Jewish Americans.
An identical measure has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, co-sponsored by Pennsylvania Democrats Bob Casey and John Fetterman. This year marked the first time that the same bipartisan resolution was introduced in both chambers.
The resolution was debated Tuesday, the same day testimony began in the trial of Robert Bowers. Mr. Bowers is accused in the 2018 shooting, the worst antisemitic attack in American history.
A blue prayer book lies on the floor with tattered edges along the top seam. A bullet ripped through it during the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Damaged prayer books are traditionally buried when they can no longer be used, but Rabbi Jeffrey Myers kept this one. “It’s a witness to the horror of that day,” he testified Tuesday, the first day of the trial against accused shooter Robert Bowers. “This book tells a story that needs to be told.”
Hallie Lauer
A prayer book with a bullet hole, a lost yarmulke, a closet: The images of the synagogue shooting trial
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the bill’s chief sponsor, said it wasn’t lost on her that the debate was held during the trial’s first day.
“Our hearts are with the victims, the families and the entire Pittsburgh community,” she said during Tuesday’s floor debate.
The Anti-Defamation League, which researches and opposes antisemitism, reported a record 3,697 antisemitic incidents last year, up 36% from 2021. That included 114 in Pennsylvania, also the highest ever reported and a 63% increase compared to 2021.
“One of the most effective ways to combat antisemitism is through education and awareness,” said Ms. Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. “We need Jews and non-Jews alike to learn about all the remarkable Jewish Americans who served in government or the military, or those who won Nobel Prizes, led universities and corporations, or made life-saving medical discoveries.”
The House debate marked the second time in a week that the federal government acted to address the rising tide of antisemitism.
Last Thursday, President Joe Biden released a national strategy to combat antisemitism, which relied heavily on education and the willingness of officials and others to speak out. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff referred to the Pittsburgh massacre when he spoke during the release of the 60-page plan.
“We’ve all heard the stories. And we know what they are: The students who’ve had swastikas drawn on their desks at school. The parents who faced slurs and obscenities as they dropped their toddlers off at preschool. The murder of 11 human beings at the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh,” said Mr. Emhoff, who is Jewish and has taken an active role in White House efforts to fight antisemitism. “We cannot stay silent. I will not remain silent. I will not stand idly by and allow antisemitism to poison our society.”
Federal prosecutor Eric G. Olshan, left, questions Rabbi Jonathan Perlman of the New Light congregation on Thursday, June 1, the third day of testimony in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial live updates: Survivor ‘looked down the barrel’ of shooter’s gun
The House vote Wednesday was a moment of bipartisanship at a time when antisemitism has become a partisan issue, with both parties criticizing the other side’s actions.
“This is a bipartisan issue, one that each year we are honored to come before this Congress and renew our statement of solidarity with this community,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who led the debate. “I’ll say it again and again, every chance I get. If America does not lead in crushing antisemitism, in denouncing it, the rest of the world will take it as it’s OK to do.”
Besides Ms. Wasserman Schultz, the lead House sponsors were Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and David Kustoff, R-Tenn.; and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. In the Senate, the bill was led by U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.; Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Rick Scott, R-Fla.; and Tim Scott, R-S.C., who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination.
Jonathan D. Salant: jsalant@post-gazette.com, @JDSalant
First Published May 31, 2023, 5:03pm
Especially in Pgh!!
House passes resolution condemning antisemitism as Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial continues
The resolution calls on elected officials and others to highlight the accomplishments and contributions of Jewish Americans.
JONATHAN D. SALANT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
jsalant@post-gazette.com
JUN 1, 2023 5:56 AM
WASHINGTON — As the trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue continued Wednesday, the U.S. House marked Jewish American Heritage Month by unanimously approving a resolution condemning antisemitism and recognizing American Jews.
The bipartisan legislation passed 429-0, including the votes of all five Western Pennsylvania House members. It calls on elected officials and others to highlight the accomplishments and contributions of Jewish Americans.
An identical measure has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, co-sponsored by Pennsylvania Democrats Bob Casey and John Fetterman. This year marked the first time that the same bipartisan resolution was introduced in both chambers.
The resolution was debated Tuesday, the same day testimony began in the trial of Robert Bowers. Mr. Bowers is accused in the 2018 shooting, the worst antisemitic attack in American history.
A blue prayer book lies on the floor with tattered edges along the top seam. A bullet ripped through it during the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Damaged prayer books are traditionally buried when they can no longer be used, but Rabbi Jeffrey Myers kept this one. “It’s a witness to the horror of that day,” he testified Tuesday, the first day of the trial against accused shooter Robert Bowers. “This book tells a story that needs to be told.”
Hallie Lauer
A prayer book with a bullet hole, a lost yarmulke, a closet: The images of the synagogue shooting trial
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the bill’s chief sponsor, said it wasn’t lost on her that the debate was held during the trial’s first day.
“Our hearts are with the victims, the families and the entire Pittsburgh community,” she said during Tuesday’s floor debate.
The Anti-Defamation League, which researches and opposes antisemitism, reported a record 3,697 antisemitic incidents last year, up 36% from 2021. That included 114 in Pennsylvania, also the highest ever reported and a 63% increase compared to 2021.
“One of the most effective ways to combat antisemitism is through education and awareness,” said Ms. Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. “We need Jews and non-Jews alike to learn about all the remarkable Jewish Americans who served in government or the military, or those who won Nobel Prizes, led universities and corporations, or made life-saving medical discoveries.”
The House debate marked the second time in a week that the federal government acted to address the rising tide of antisemitism.
Last Thursday, President Joe Biden released a national strategy to combat antisemitism, which relied heavily on education and the willingness of officials and others to speak out. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff referred to the Pittsburgh massacre when he spoke during the release of the 60-page plan.
“We’ve all heard the stories. And we know what they are: The students who’ve had swastikas drawn on their desks at school. The parents who faced slurs and obscenities as they dropped their toddlers off at preschool. The murder of 11 human beings at the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh,” said Mr. Emhoff, who is Jewish and has taken an active role in White House efforts to fight antisemitism. “We cannot stay silent. I will not remain silent. I will not stand idly by and allow antisemitism to poison our society.”
Federal prosecutor Eric G. Olshan, left, questions Rabbi Jonathan Perlman of the New Light congregation on Thursday, June 1, the third day of testimony in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial live updates: Survivor ‘looked down the barrel’ of shooter’s gun
The House vote Wednesday was a moment of bipartisanship at a time when antisemitism has become a partisan issue, with both parties criticizing the other side’s actions.
“This is a bipartisan issue, one that each year we are honored to come before this Congress and renew our statement of solidarity with this community,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who led the debate. “I’ll say it again and again, every chance I get. If America does not lead in crushing antisemitism, in denouncing it, the rest of the world will take it as it’s OK to do.”
Besides Ms. Wasserman Schultz, the lead House sponsors were Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and David Kustoff, R-Tenn.; and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. In the Senate, the bill was led by U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.; Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Rick Scott, R-Fla.; and Tim Scott, R-S.C., who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination.
Jonathan D. Salant: jsalant@post-gazette.com, @JDSalant
First Published May 31, 2023, 5:03pm
Here is an article not mentioning us, but mentioning the joint effort of the Church of Ben Klassen and members of the 88 CREW, KSS and Skins United. Now, we are not 100% affiliated with any one group. However, I personally know people in these groups and our members in PA, Maryland and Ohio are networking with them in flyering and stickering. I cannot speak to the legalities or lack there of in regards to the KSS and Skins United doing any illegal stickering? But we are being legal. I have also been on the phone doing newspaper interviews for the last few days, as well as trying to set them up. The Pgh TRIB will likely run another story on us, while the PITT NEWS will probably just mention us in their next piece on our LEGAL flyering.
We are always legal.
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Racist stickers reappear, this time in Mt. Airy, Germantown
Posted Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:00 am
by Tom Beck
Racist stickers similar to those distributed in Wyndmoor in February and then in Chestnut Hill in April made their way to Germantown and Mt. Airy last week, causing anger and frustration within those communities.
Suzanne Ponsen, president of West Central Germantown Neighbors, told the Local she felt “distressed” to see the stickers in her neighborhood. Specifically, she saw them along Germantown Avenue from at least Washington Lane to Walnut Street.
“I was angry,” she said. “As diverse as Germantown is, I felt like it was a violation. It made me angry and sad.”
Josephine Winter, executive director of West Mt Airy Neighbors, said that her organization has had “clear and consistent communication” with other neighborhood organizations about the issue.
“This type of hateful propaganda will not be tolerated here in Mt Airy, or in neighboring communities,” said Winter. “We are planning ways that we can work together to quickly document, report, and remove these despicable symbols of hate.”
According to published reports, police are investigating the matter.
We are always legal.
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Racist stickers reappear, this time in Mt. Airy, Germantown
Posted Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:00 am
by Tom Beck
Racist stickers similar to those distributed in Wyndmoor in February and then in Chestnut Hill in April made their way to Germantown and Mt. Airy last week, causing anger and frustration within those communities.
Suzanne Ponsen, president of West Central Germantown Neighbors, told the Local she felt “distressed” to see the stickers in her neighborhood. Specifically, she saw them along Germantown Avenue from at least Washington Lane to Walnut Street.
“I was angry,” she said. “As diverse as Germantown is, I felt like it was a violation. It made me angry and sad.”
Josephine Winter, executive director of West Mt Airy Neighbors, said that her organization has had “clear and consistent communication” with other neighborhood organizations about the issue.
“This type of hateful propaganda will not be tolerated here in Mt Airy, or in neighboring communities,” said Winter. “We are planning ways that we can work together to quickly document, report, and remove these despicable symbols of hate.”
According to published reports, police are investigating the matter.
‘Despicable to see’: Antisemitic flyers found in Squirrel Hill park as synagogue shooting trial starts
Hallie Lauer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 31, 2023
1:45 PM
Antisemitic flyers and stickers were spotted in a Squirrel Hill park Tuesday, just as as the first day of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial was wrapping up.
Shawn Brokos, the director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, said she first learned about the flyers in Wightman Park through a Reddit post from Tuesday evening. The person who posted on Reddit said they had removed “at least 15 Nazi stickers” from Wightman Park.
Squirrel Hill was the site of the 2018 synagogue shooting that killed 11 worshipers, in the worst antisemitic attack in American history. Four-and-a-half years later, the trial of accused shooter Robert Bowers started Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Ms. Brokos said Wednesday that ever since jury selection for the trial first began, the federation has seen an uptick in such “stickering and flyering,” as well as antisemitic social media posts.
Andrea Wedner, center, Rose Mallinger's daughter, and her husband outside the Joseph F. Weis. Jr. U.S. CourthouseTestimony continues on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in the trial against Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 worshippers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. (Benjamin B. Braun/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial live updates: ‘This one’s alive.’ Jurors hear more testimony from survivors as community reacts
“It’s something we had anticipated but nonetheless it’s despicable to see,” Ms. Brokos said. “As awful as these stickers are, and as much of a reminder they are of the hate we saw here in Pittsburgh and continue to see, we have a great community rallying behind us and saying, ‘This is not OK.’”
She said the Jewish community and the greater Pittsburgh community have been helpful in reporting when they see such things in public. The federation has also been closely monitoring any “hate-related” social media posts for any threats, “whether direct or indirect,” she said.
The stickers and flyers have already been removed and the incident has been reported to the FBI, Ms. Brokos said. There were none left in the park when a Post-Gazette photographer visited late Wednesday morning.
Allegheny County Police said they had no reports of any similar instances around the county. Pittsburgh Public Safety said police in Zone 4, which includes Squirrel Hill, are aware of the incidents and are investigating.
First Published May 31, 2023, 12:24pm
Hallie Lauer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 31, 2023
1:45 PM
Antisemitic flyers and stickers were spotted in a Squirrel Hill park Tuesday, just as as the first day of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial was wrapping up.
Shawn Brokos, the director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, said she first learned about the flyers in Wightman Park through a Reddit post from Tuesday evening. The person who posted on Reddit said they had removed “at least 15 Nazi stickers” from Wightman Park.
Squirrel Hill was the site of the 2018 synagogue shooting that killed 11 worshipers, in the worst antisemitic attack in American history. Four-and-a-half years later, the trial of accused shooter Robert Bowers started Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Ms. Brokos said Wednesday that ever since jury selection for the trial first began, the federation has seen an uptick in such “stickering and flyering,” as well as antisemitic social media posts.
Andrea Wedner, center, Rose Mallinger's daughter, and her husband outside the Joseph F. Weis. Jr. U.S. CourthouseTestimony continues on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in the trial against Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 worshippers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. (Benjamin B. Braun/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial live updates: ‘This one’s alive.’ Jurors hear more testimony from survivors as community reacts
“It’s something we had anticipated but nonetheless it’s despicable to see,” Ms. Brokos said. “As awful as these stickers are, and as much of a reminder they are of the hate we saw here in Pittsburgh and continue to see, we have a great community rallying behind us and saying, ‘This is not OK.’”
She said the Jewish community and the greater Pittsburgh community have been helpful in reporting when they see such things in public. The federation has also been closely monitoring any “hate-related” social media posts for any threats, “whether direct or indirect,” she said.
The stickers and flyers have already been removed and the incident has been reported to the FBI, Ms. Brokos said. There were none left in the park when a Post-Gazette photographer visited late Wednesday morning.
Allegheny County Police said they had no reports of any similar instances around the county. Pittsburgh Public Safety said police in Zone 4, which includes Squirrel Hill, are aware of the incidents and are investigating.
First Published May 31, 2023, 12:24pm
Antisemitic stickers found in Squirrel Hill park on 1st day of synagogue shooting trial
Justin Vellucci | Wednesday, May 31, 2023 2:28 p.m.
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Antisemitic stickers were found in a Squirrel Hill park Tuesday, as the much-anticipated Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial got underway.
About 15 stickers were removed from utility poles and other public surfaces at Wightman Park, and the stickers also have been found in Schenley Park, along Beechwood Boulevard, and in Oakland, said Shawn Brokos, director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
“We saw this two weeks before the trial, and we’ve seen an uptick ever since,” Brokos told the Trib. “They are certainly antisemitic but they also are anti-minority.”
Eleven worshippers were killed Oct. 27, 2018, inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. The trial of accused shooter Robert Bowers started in federal court Tuesday.
Brokos said the stickers — which she said have been placed on telephone poles and “public and private locations” — were white supremacist-themed.
The FBI has convened a “working group” of federal, state and local enforcement, as well as intelligence partners, to deal with incidents such as these, Brokos said.
But Pittsburgh residents have been key in fighting back.
“I think (our work) is reactive but it’s a tribute to our community at large, not just the Jewish community, that so many people are reporting this,” she said. “It’s shocking to so many. It’s antisemitism, yes, but it’s all-purpose hate.”
Pittsburgh Public Safety said Zone 4 police are investigating. The FBI was not immediately available for comment.
Justin Vellucci | Wednesday, May 31, 2023 2:28 p.m.
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Antisemitic stickers were found in a Squirrel Hill park Tuesday, as the much-anticipated Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial got underway.
About 15 stickers were removed from utility poles and other public surfaces at Wightman Park, and the stickers also have been found in Schenley Park, along Beechwood Boulevard, and in Oakland, said Shawn Brokos, director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
“We saw this two weeks before the trial, and we’ve seen an uptick ever since,” Brokos told the Trib. “They are certainly antisemitic but they also are anti-minority.”
Eleven worshippers were killed Oct. 27, 2018, inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. The trial of accused shooter Robert Bowers started in federal court Tuesday.
Brokos said the stickers — which she said have been placed on telephone poles and “public and private locations” — were white supremacist-themed.
The FBI has convened a “working group” of federal, state and local enforcement, as well as intelligence partners, to deal with incidents such as these, Brokos said.
But Pittsburgh residents have been key in fighting back.
“I think (our work) is reactive but it’s a tribute to our community at large, not just the Jewish community, that so many people are reporting this,” she said. “It’s shocking to so many. It’s antisemitism, yes, but it’s all-purpose hate.”
Pittsburgh Public Safety said Zone 4 police are investigating. The FBI was not immediately available for comment.
Week Long Racist Flyers Show Up In Austin
31st May
RAHOWA to myself and all members in Texas for hitting, LEGALLY, UT campus, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas. Of course I am talking about GREATER Austin and GREATER Dallas. Bloody cities are huge here. Everything is huge in Texas, baby!! I love it here!!
Anyway, we have been passing out flyers to folks all month long in conjunction with members and supporters in Ohio and PA, as well as Utah, NC/SC/Vir, New England and NY. Our members in Canada have also been hitting the streets, in spite of the total dictatorship of that commy country, I might add!! Brave Creators all up north.
The stickers we have LEGALLY passed out or put up on public property are allowed under Austin city code so long as damage is under $100. So suck on that, DPS!! LOLOLOL
Anyway, flyer campaign to continue throughout the show trial of Richard Bowers, Lone Wolf mega hero, and the Summer. Or whenever I walk somewhere, as I always put up flyers when out.
RAHOWA
Rev. Lloyd, PM
Church of Ben Klassen
www.creativityreligion.com
31st May
RAHOWA to myself and all members in Texas for hitting, LEGALLY, UT campus, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas. Of course I am talking about GREATER Austin and GREATER Dallas. Bloody cities are huge here. Everything is huge in Texas, baby!! I love it here!!
Anyway, we have been passing out flyers to folks all month long in conjunction with members and supporters in Ohio and PA, as well as Utah, NC/SC/Vir, New England and NY. Our members in Canada have also been hitting the streets, in spite of the total dictatorship of that commy country, I might add!! Brave Creators all up north.
The stickers we have LEGALLY passed out or put up on public property are allowed under Austin city code so long as damage is under $100. So suck on that, DPS!! LOLOLOL
Anyway, flyer campaign to continue throughout the show trial of Richard Bowers, Lone Wolf mega hero, and the Summer. Or whenever I walk somewhere, as I always put up flyers when out.
RAHOWA
Rev. Lloyd, PM
Church of Ben Klassen
www.creativityreligion.com
Members Strike Pgh - Get Media Attention 31st May
RAHOWA my White Brothers and Sisters
Our members in PA and Ohio have struck several cities, including Pgh, which is now bitching. It only took our members and supporters 30 full days of flyering, LEGALLY, to get mentions on REDDIT and local jew media. The kikes know it's our Church, as well as supporters in other Skinhead groups, that are promoting the Church of Ben Klassen. Yet, like here in Austin and San Antonio, as well as with CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, they refuse to mention us by name, or to show our flyers in full. But, yet, it is our adherents and supporters who are LEGALLY flyering Western PA and Ohio. The Spring Flyer Drive, in part because of the show trial of Richard Bowers, Lone Wolf hero of Pgh, is the largest flyer drive going on in Ohio and PA right now. All thanks to the Church of Ben Klassen.
We have hit, as well as supporters in conjunction with our Flyer Drive, have hit the following cities this month alone :
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Johnstown
Youngstown
Cleveland
Columbus
Warren
Butler
Philly
Buffalo
Obviously the comments by one man, who claims to lead a 'large organization', that his people get more activism in then we do are laughingly unfounded. A bit petty on my part? Sure. But I just had to rub it in Capitan Ass Hat's face. LOL
We cannot comment on the 'illegal' flyering. But we are responsible for the LEGAL passing out of flyers both one-on-one and via PUBLICLY PARKED cars. We assume the supporters are the ones doing the 'illegal' flyering?
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Some of the media on our flyer campaign :
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/multiple-people-reportedly-find-anti-semitic-stickers-flyers-playground-squirrel-hill/A7FUM4UD2JE4VLVELT4KNOCMME/
https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/11wpdry/port_richmond_hit_with_hundreds_of_white/
https://www.reddit.com/r/extremelyinfuriating/comments/113qrr5/racist_stickers_on_the_bathroom_mirror_in_pdx/
https://socialgrep.com/post/13oax4s
https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/13oa365/racist_stickers_are_posted_on_signage_at_blue/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/13vozwq/tw_offensive_stickers_and_fliers_at_wightman/
https://twitter.com/WPXI/status/1663753486524207106
https://news.yahoo.com/multiple-people-reportedly-anti-semitic-032317681.html
This one was in response to our flyers :
https://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/pitt-and-upmc-staff-unite-white-coats-against-racism-injustice-event
Activism pics for Austin, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Cleveland to be posted in a few days to the website in the ACTIVISM SECTION. We DO NOT take credit for ANY picture of ANYTHING 'illegal'. If you have any activism pics and would like them posted, send them in and I'll upload them. And great job, too!!
RAHOWA
Rev. Lloyd, PM
Church of Ben Klassen
www.creativityreligion.com
PS: Media can contact myself, the Church Secretary, Sister Lisa, or the Ohio, PA and Pittsburgh contacts listed on the site for comment.
PPS: To whomever placed one of our stickers into a Pgh library book. While I applaud the effort, I am also apposed to book desecration unless it is jew propaganda or similar. I hope the complaint on REDDIT was about one of those types of books? But I applaud the effort. Whatever works. And to whomever is etching our website, or maybe Holy Logo, into things, BE CAREFUL!! That is illegal and can net a large fine. Stick to stickers and flyers. Hell, even spray paint on vacant buildings. Just watch the etching.
RAHOWA my White Brothers and Sisters
Our members in PA and Ohio have struck several cities, including Pgh, which is now bitching. It only took our members and supporters 30 full days of flyering, LEGALLY, to get mentions on REDDIT and local jew media. The kikes know it's our Church, as well as supporters in other Skinhead groups, that are promoting the Church of Ben Klassen. Yet, like here in Austin and San Antonio, as well as with CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, they refuse to mention us by name, or to show our flyers in full. But, yet, it is our adherents and supporters who are LEGALLY flyering Western PA and Ohio. The Spring Flyer Drive, in part because of the show trial of Richard Bowers, Lone Wolf hero of Pgh, is the largest flyer drive going on in Ohio and PA right now. All thanks to the Church of Ben Klassen.
We have hit, as well as supporters in conjunction with our Flyer Drive, have hit the following cities this month alone :
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Johnstown
Youngstown
Cleveland
Columbus
Warren
Butler
Philly
Buffalo
Obviously the comments by one man, who claims to lead a 'large organization', that his people get more activism in then we do are laughingly unfounded. A bit petty on my part? Sure. But I just had to rub it in Capitan Ass Hat's face. LOL
We cannot comment on the 'illegal' flyering. But we are responsible for the LEGAL passing out of flyers both one-on-one and via PUBLICLY PARKED cars. We assume the supporters are the ones doing the 'illegal' flyering?
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Some of the media on our flyer campaign :
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/multiple-people-reportedly-find-anti-semitic-stickers-flyers-playground-squirrel-hill/A7FUM4UD2JE4VLVELT4KNOCMME/
https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/11wpdry/port_richmond_hit_with_hundreds_of_white/
https://www.reddit.com/r/extremelyinfuriating/comments/113qrr5/racist_stickers_on_the_bathroom_mirror_in_pdx/
https://socialgrep.com/post/13oax4s
https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/13oa365/racist_stickers_are_posted_on_signage_at_blue/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/13vozwq/tw_offensive_stickers_and_fliers_at_wightman/
https://twitter.com/WPXI/status/1663753486524207106
https://news.yahoo.com/multiple-people-reportedly-anti-semitic-032317681.html
This one was in response to our flyers :
https://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/pitt-and-upmc-staff-unite-white-coats-against-racism-injustice-event
Activism pics for Austin, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Cleveland to be posted in a few days to the website in the ACTIVISM SECTION. We DO NOT take credit for ANY picture of ANYTHING 'illegal'. If you have any activism pics and would like them posted, send them in and I'll upload them. And great job, too!!
RAHOWA
Rev. Lloyd, PM
Church of Ben Klassen
www.creativityreligion.com
PS: Media can contact myself, the Church Secretary, Sister Lisa, or the Ohio, PA and Pittsburgh contacts listed on the site for comment.
PPS: To whomever placed one of our stickers into a Pgh library book. While I applaud the effort, I am also apposed to book desecration unless it is jew propaganda or similar. I hope the complaint on REDDIT was about one of those types of books? But I applaud the effort. Whatever works. And to whomever is etching our website, or maybe Holy Logo, into things, BE CAREFUL!! That is illegal and can net a large fine. Stick to stickers and flyers. Hell, even spray paint on vacant buildings. Just watch the etching.