Anti-Semitic Flyers Found In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Neighborhood: Police

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Source: Huffington Post

Police are investigating anti-Semitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh, including the Squirrel Hill neighborhood where a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others at a synagogue in October.

“Such hate-filled material will not be tolerated in Pittsburgh ― not by residents, City officials nor Law Enforcement,” the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police said in a statement Sunday.

“We are taking this matter very seriously and will follow every investigative avenue,” the statement continued. “Pittsburgh is and will remain Stronger than Hate.”

Photos circulated online Sunday, the eighth night of Hanukkah, purporting to show the pamphlets in question. A spokesman for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police declined to comment further at this time, citing the “ongoing investigation.” He declined to confirm the authenticity of the photos.

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U.S. NEWS 12/09/2018 06:27 pm ET
By Hayley Miller


Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pittsburgh-anti-semitic-flyers_us_5c0d8e74e4b0ab8cf6948d69

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1. Disgusting

What is wrong with people?

[Solly Mack]

2. Sick creeps and assholes.

[John Fante]

3. Trump's people.

[oberliner]

5. This predates Trump

Antisemitism has been around for a long long time.

[sakabatou]

4. Grr

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6. The longest hatred: Anti-Semitism on the rise

Lighting the Menorah outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh took on special significance this year. Just weeks ago, a gunman spewing anti-Semitic comments killed 11 people and injured six others.

Leaders of the three congregations that all worshipped in the Synagogue say they are touched by the makeshift memorial that has sprung up. But the building is still closed, and Rabbi Jeffrey Meyers is not sure when it will reopen.

Correspondent Rita Braver asked, "It's not just when to come back, it's how to come back?"

"Precisely," replied Rabbi Meyers. "And I'm mindful that there may be people who can't come back.

"And that hurts. Not only are lives taken away, but faith has been taken away."

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Too many do not take anti-Semitism seriously or think it as important as other forms of bigotry, and the above is the result, mass casualties and increases in anti-Semitism. More to come; count on it.