There's been an increase in antisemitic incidents since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and Dallas hasn't been spared.
There's been an increase in antisemitic incidents since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and Dallas hasn't been spared.A Super Bowl commercial on Sunday showed a woman and her daughter who appeared to be on their way to school and about to get into their car in the driveway. “Mom, what’s that?” the daughter asks. On their plain white garage was a swastika scrawled in black and the words “No Jews.
Sharing the commercial on X, City Council member Cara Mendelsohn wrote, “Super Bowl ad showing hateful graffiti at a Jewish home - Do you wonder if this really happens?” She thanked her friends, family and community, along with the Dallas Police Department, FBI, code compliance and streets department for working to address this crime. We reached out to DPD to get more details about the vandalism, to see if it was being investigated as a hate crime, and whether similar acts have taken place in the city in recent days but got little information.
"This terrifying pattern of antisemitic attacks has been relentless since the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7, with no signs of diminishing,”said in December. “The lid to the sewers is off, and Jewish communities all across the country are being inundated with hate.”I'm a Jewish elected official in Dallas and yesterday my home was defaced with hateful language and red triangles representing Palestine.