MARBLEHEAD, MASS. (WHDH) - Marblehead police are asking for the public’s help as they search for the person who placed anti-Semitic flyers on the door of a local temple over the weekend.
Officers responding to reports of the flyers at Temple Emanu-El on Atlantic Avenue Monday morning did not find any damage done to the building.
“This will in no way take away from our determination to be a vibrant community of faith,” Rabbi Davide Meyer said.
Meyer says a worker found one of the posters taped to the temple’s front welcome sign. A second sign was found in the back of the temple.
Both signs bore the same message, one “promoting Holocaust denial,” Meyer said. “It is always distressing not only to witness but to be the target of hatred, anti-semitism.”
Those living in the area were also caught off guard by the act.
“It’s you know, kind of sad to hear that [7News] is here for a hate crime,” neighbor Kori Addis said.
Sadly, Meyer says this is not the first time something like this has happened.
But thanks to surveillance cameras that have been installed around the place of worship, the Rabbi thinks the police will soon find the person responsible.
“Thankfully, among the upgrades, were security cameras that did provide us footage, that we did provide to police that should help with the investigation,” Meyer said.
Police are asking anyone who was in the area to contact Marblehead Police Det. Theresa Gay at 781-631-1212.
The incident is under investigation.
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