Anti-Semites target Texas Jews with letters in rock-filled bags: report

On Thursday, The Austin American Statesman reported that Jewish communities in Central Texas have been targeted with anti-Semitic letters sealed in bags full of rocks.

Several people in Hays County received the anti-Semitic letters, which claimed that COVID-19 is part of the "Jewish" agenda, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said Sunday.

One letters was headlined "WHY DO 6 JEWISH MEN CONTROL 96% OF THE MEDIA?" and showed pictures of some prominent media executives labeled with Nazi yellow Star of David patches.

According to The Daily Beast, "At least 17 anti-Semitic incidents have been reported to watch groups in Austin in the past 10 days. Austin's Congregation Beth Israel synagogue was set on fire on Sunday night by a man who investigators said was seen carrying a five-gallon container then fleeing the scene in a car."

This also comes as former President Donald Trump is promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, suggesting on a right-wing talk radio program that "Israel literally owned Congress" in the early 2000s.