Antisemitism started early in Cincinnati on the first anniversary of Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 hostages. A group of anti-Israel protestors wearing masks and all black gathered outside of U.S. Rep Greg Landsman’s home.
Landsman, who is Jewish, said on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the protestors began gathering on Sunday morning and stayed throughout the night.
“On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the October 7th terror attacks, when Jews were brutally murdered and kidnapped, these people came to the home of a Jewish family at night, dressed in all black and fully masked.”
Cincinnati Police have had to escort Landsman and his family to and from their home in Mount Washington.
“On a profound day of mourning for the Jewish people, these protesters are disgustingly using Israel’s defensive war against Hamas, an Iran-backed terror group bent on the destruction of Israel, as an excuse to target and intimidate Jews in America,” said Justin Kirschner the American Jewish Committee Director of Cincinnati.
Landsman said in a statement that he would be attending a community service for the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.
“Meanwhile, these people will be outside of my house, in an attempt to intimidate my Jewish family every time we try to leave our home,” said Landsman.
This is not the first time Landsman has been targeted with antisemitic protests from anti-Israel protestors. Last year, a women’s shelter in Walnut Hills near Landmsan’s Cincinnati office was tagged with antisemitic graffiti.
“They’ve done this to my staff and me for nearly a year, and now they’re doing it to my family and neighbors,” he said.
Landsman has supported aid to Israel and has been on a congressional trip to Israel and met with senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, over the past year.
There is one other protest scheduled in Cincinnati today. Cincy Socialists and Students for Justice in Palestine are holding a “honoring our martyrs” gathering at 5:30 p.m., which overlaps with UC Hillel’s Oct 7 memorial on campus.
Cincinnati has three congressmen (each representing parts of the area) and a Senator/Vice President candidate in the area. But they chose to blockade the home of the only Jew.