A number of cartoons by De Cinzo had been posted on the Trail Now website and have since been removed. One of these cartoons was re-used in a video from a local candidate who has since removed it and sincerely apologized.
There is no room in our public forum for offensive discourse, whether it be by cartoon or any other type of communication. Whether consciously or unconsciously, De Cinzo employs dangerous and unacceptable anti-Semitic tropes against a political candidate, depicting him hunched over with an enlarged nose and carrying bags of money. One only needs to search “anti-Semitic cartoons” to see scores of similar depictions used by the Nazis.
We ask everyone to refrain from reposting and sharing them for any reason, and we issue our fervent plea for a return to civil discourse based on the merits of issues rather than personal attacks.
— Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzias and Rabbi Paula Marcus
Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center, Aptos
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