Antisemitic Flyers Distributed in Virginia Beach on July 24th

The Anti-Defamation League says the flyers came from a loose network of people connected by their antisemitic beliefs.

Some Virginia Beach residents on Sunday morning found flyers with antisemitic rhetoric in their front yards. They had names and pictures of Disney executives and political figures with antisemitic messages and images on it.

Meredith Weisel with the Anti-Defamation League said the flyers came from a group called the Goyim Defense League, "a loose network of individuals connected by their antisemitism" that has done "campaigns like this on and off over the last few years." Weisel said the group did 74 anti-Semitic propaganda incidents in 2021 in 17 states. In the past weekend, flyers like the ones in Virginia Beach were distributed in Richmond and other states.

Rabbi Roz Mandelberg with Ohef Sholom Temple said some of her congregants received the flyer and were very upset. Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer said the government was aware of the flyers and the Virginia Beach Police Department is trying to find who dropped the flyers off.

If you receive one of the antisemitic flyers or any other hateful flyers, Weisel said you can report it anonymously to the Anti-Defamation League.

Source: Read the July 26th Channel 13 Now (WVEC-TV Norfolk) news article.

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