The messages calling out anti-Semitism are strong and direct. “We’re just 75 years since the gas chambers. So no, a billboard calling out Jew hate isn’t an overreaction.”
“Does your church need armed guards? ‘Cause our synagogue does.” These messages will soon be popping up on billboards across South Florida as part of the New York-based nonprofit JewBelong’s #EndJewHate campaign.
The bright pink signs with the white lettering are meant to spark conversation. They have already appeared in Times Square in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Boston.
The billboards, paid for with fundraising dollars, come as antisemitic incidents continue to make headlines in South Florida and beyond. Last weekend, there were Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando. The week before, antisemitic fliers were found at homes in Surfside and Miami Beach.
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