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Antisemitic Poster Found At UC Berkeley
Chancellor Carol Christ condemned the poster, which she says has been found on campuses across the country.
BERKELEY, CA — An antisemitic poster that's been spotted on college campuses across the country recently popped up at or near the University of California at Berkeley, according to the school's chancellor.
Chancellor Carol Christ sent out a message to the community today about the poster.
"We abhor and condemn antisemitic words and deeds on this campus and beyond," Christ said in the statement.
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The poster claims that prominent elected Jewish officials are involved in "anti-white, anti-American, anti-freedom" conspiracies, according to the statement.
And the poster implies that Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court this weekend after a bitter fight, was a target of these Jewish conspiracies.
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The people shown on the poster include Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer, who have the star of David on their foreheads. Kavanaugh-accuser Christine Blasey Ford and prominent attorney Michael Avenatti have "Good Goy" written on their foreheads.
"Every time some anti-white, anti-American, anti-freedom event takes place, you look at it and it's Jews behind it," the flier reads.
A UC Berkeley student noticed the poster either Sunday night or Monday morning, according to Dan Mogulof, a university spokesman. It was reported to police Wednesday.
Mogulof said university officials don't know exactly where the posters were put up. No more have been found. They also don't know exactly how many there were.
Anyone with information about who put up the poster is asked to call police at (510) 642-6760.
There's not much police can do if the poster isn't directly threatening anyone, but the university is still taking it seriously.
"There is little, if any difference between this demonizing rhetoric and that used by the Nazis in the lead up to, and during the course of the Holocaust," Christ said in the statement.
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