The Simon Wiesenthal Center strongly condemns the recent circulation of hate flyers, first discovered in the parking lot of TABC in Bergen County and subsequently found at other religious sites including synagogues and one church.

Rabbi Steve Burg, Eastern Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center said: “It’s very disturbing and hurtful that such hateful flyers have been distributed in the heart of a Jewish community, including a Jewish Day School. It is clear to us that whoever is responsible was trying to send a very strong message of hate. We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms and urge that all efforts be made to fully investigate this incident and put an end to such hateful actions. We applaud the way TABC students and faculty handled this incident.”

Rabbi Burg concluded by saying, “The Museum of Tolerance New York stands ready to offer its assistance towards any efforts to overcome this act of hateful bigotry.”

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