(JTA) – Officials in Rochester, New York, this week condemned a cartoon depicting the head of the local Jewish federation and the Jewish majority leader of the county legislature in crude antisemitic caricatures that was sent out in a mass mailer.
The cartoon appeared to object to an Israeli flag that has flown outside a county government office since shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack. It also came as the Rochester City Council was debating a resolution to endorse a ceasefire in Israel and the Gaza Strip, which it passed late Friday.
“This type of…
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