--- description: Vandals covered a New Jersey Holocaust memorial with a banner including an anti-Semitic slur and a link to a white supremacist site. title: Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2017 6:05 PM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2017 6:05 PM CUT Vandals covered a New Jersey Holocaust memorial with a banner [including an anti-Semitic slur](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-jewish-banner-holocaust-memorial-new-jersey-lakewood-synagogue/ "undefined") over the weekend, according to a photo posted by the state’s chapter of the Anti-Defamation League. Using a slur for Jewish people, the banner said they “will not divide us.” It also included a link to a website that espouses white supremacy, according to the [Ashbury Park _Press_](http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/2017/07/02/hate-group-spreads-anti-semitic-messages-through-lakewood/446994001/ "undefined"). Lakewood, N.J. — the town where the memorial is located — has a significant Jewish population. Fliers referencing a recent spate of fraud arrests were also discovered in Lakewood. Seven married couples, including a rabbi and his wife, were charged with misrepresenting their income to improperly receive $2 million of benefits in total, the Associated Press reports. > [](https://twitter.com/ADL%5FNJ/status/881567556041138176) The New Jersey Anti-Defamation League posted photos of the flyers and banner on Sunday. New Jersey’s Attorney General publicized the $10,000 reward for a successful lead about bias crimes. > [](https://twitter.com/cporrino/status/881584117585936387) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4843870/lakewood-new-jersey-holocaust-memorial-vandalized/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4843870/lakewood-new-jersey-holocaust-memorial-vandalized/"},"headline":"Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial","datePublished":"2017-07-03T18:05:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:25:26.181Z","description":"The banner had a link to a white supremacist website","url":"https://time.com/4843870/lakewood-new-jersey-holocaust-memorial-vandalized/","keywords":["Crime","New Jersey","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4843870/lakewood-new-jersey-holocaust-memorial-vandalized/","name":"Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial"}}]}] ```