Hundreds of antisemitic flyers rattle Pittsburgh Jewish neighborhoods
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey issued a statement calling the flyers “reprehensible,” adding they “have no place in Pittsburgh… We will not stand for such hateful acts meant to intimidate our neighbors.”
Residents of Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill and Shadyside neighborhoods awoke this weekend to find antisemitic propaganda strewn across their lawns and porches, reigniting trauma in a community still healing from the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, where 11 people were killed in 2018.
According to Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh officials, over 100 hate-filled flyers were distributed throughout predominantly Jewish areas on Sunday.
Each flyer was sealed inside a plastic sandwich bag weighted with corn kernels. One flyer claimed to expose a Jewish plan for world domination while another described the Talmud as satanic.
“What was surprising was how blatant they were this time. It’s almost like they were looking for attention,” said Shawn Brokos, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s community security director.
“There are multiple versions of this flyer, but done by the same nationally known white supremacist group. The flyers are in these Ziploc bags with kernels of corn, and they were thrown from a moving vehicle.”
Witnesses reported to local KDKA-TV seeing a light-colored SUV, which door camera footage later identified as possibly a tan Dodge Durango with Ohio license plates, cruising through the neighborhood where three to four individuals led by a red-haired male driver shouted antisemitic slPittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey issued a statement calling the flyers “reprehensible,” adding they “have no place in Pittsburgh… We will not stand for such hateful acts meant to intimidate our neighbors.”
Gainey’s office has been in communication with Jewish Federation while Pittsburgh police and FBI pursue an active investigation.
Beyond Pittsburgh’s city limits, similar flyers were reportedly discovered Sunday in Peters Township, Washington County.
Flyers contained a web address for Goyim Defense League (GDL) and a QR code linking to their content. The Anti-Defamation League describes GDL as a “loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism” whose name purposefully mimics the ADL’s name.
Local officials report a troubling rise in antisemitism across Pittsburgh since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre against Israel.
Just last week, 24-year-old Talya Lubit pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to spray paint antisemitic graffiti on a Chabad synagogue in Squirrel Hill in July.
DC: Keffiyeh-wearing gunman screaming ‘Free Palestine’ murders Israeli diplomat and companion outside Jewish Museum
What did the leftists and jihadis who ratcheted up the anti-Israel hysteria to unprecedented levels think would be the outcome? This. This is exactly what they wanted to happen, and there will be more of it.
Report: Shooter of Embassy Workers in Washington Wore Keffiyeh, Shouted ‘Free Palestine'
Ynet News, May 21, 2025:
The news site ‘Jewish Insider’ reported that the shooter who attacked two embassy employees outside the Jewish museum in Washington was wearing a keffiyeh and shouted ‘Free Palestine’ before striking them.
Israeli embassy staff among two killed in shooting outside Jewish Museum in Washington
by Sarah Moskowitz, Jerusalem Post, May 22, 2025:
A man and a woman were shot and killed in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night, NBC News reported. At least one of those killed was a staff member at the Israeli embassy.
Two Israeli embassy staff were shot at close range, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said on X, citing an Israeli embassy spokesperson.
The shooting occurred in front of the museum where an event was being held by the American Jewish Committee.
The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force is currently investigating the incident, ABC News reported.
At least one of the people shot is believed to be a member of the Israeli embassy staff, according to reports from US media.
Law enforcement sources said that police are questioning a person of interest.
ABC added that US Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro arrived at the scene shortly after the shooting took place.
“Praying for the victims of this violence as we work to learn more,” Bondi shared on X/Twitter.
‘Act of antisemitic terror’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon reacted to the incident on X, calling it an “act of antisemitic terror.”
“Harming diplomats and the Jewish community is crossing a red line….
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