Lynchburg, VA – Flyers containing hateful rhetoric were left on porches and cars across Lynchburg.
“For the average person, this is definitely terrifying,” Dennis Martin, who received three flyers at his home said.
The flyers claimed to link Jewish people to the slave trade and called for reparations, as well as for people to boycott Israel.
Martin said he was disgusted that someone left these flyers in his neighborhood.
The topics range from racist and antisemitic remarks to circumcision and child abuse.
Martin said he found two flyers on his truck and one in his backyard.
ABC13 spoke with others who received the flyers as well, but they didn’t want to go on camera. They called the act cowardly and said it’s scary to see these things in their community.
Penny Millson-Martula, the President of Agudath Sholom Congregation in Lynchburg, said people in her congregation also saw these flyers in their neighborhoods, and they’re calling for it to stop.
Millson-Martula said the rhetoric is false.
“They’re false, they’re libelist, they’re also disgusting,” she said. “They need to consider what their actions mean.”
She said the Lynchburg community is very supportive of their temple, and she hopes they’ll continue to stand by as these flyers circulate.
