Residents of a Beverly Hills, California neighborhood were shocked to wake up Sunday to anti-Semitic leaflets littering their lawns, Beverly Hills police said.
An investigation has been opened for “hate crime”, local media report.
The leaflets, which contained “hate speech linked to the COVID pandemic and the Jewish people,” were distributed in a northeastern neighborhood in Beverly Hills, California, authorities in charge of the case said.
“Police and public works personnel scoured the area and collected the leaflets,” police said, adding that additional patrols were dispatched to the town to provide security.
“The police continue to investigate and try to identify those responsible for this disturbing act,” said a statement.
Sunday was the first day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, celebrated each winter for eight days and which, since 1979, has been one of the most important holidays in American Jewish life with the annual lighting of the menorah at the White House.
“68% of American Jews think Chanukah is one of the three most important holidays on the Hebrew calendar compared to 38% of Israeli Jews,” says conservative American think tank The Heritage Foundation.
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