Columbus, GA – A synagogue in Columbus is banding together in the face of antisemitism this week.

According to authorities, Temple Israel, located on Wildwood Avenue, was vandalized with hate flyers from an alleged white supremacy group on Tuesday morning.

Leaders of the Temple say that while the vandalism is frustrating, it is the messages the posters are sending that is what has really upset them.

“The posters were from a white supremacist group. They were messages of hate about white supremacy. There was a message implying that Jews are Communist, which is a very old anti-Semitic trope and that has made us quite angry,” said Rabbi Beth Schwartz.

Temple President Tiffany Broda said the messages were “very shocking and disturbing.” She said she believes the flyers were posted to place fear and division into their congregation.

“To me, it just feels like a red, white, and blue version of ISIS,” said one Temple of Israel congregation member.

The posters, which have a patriotic color theme and slogans such as “Reclaim America,” or “Better Dead than Red,” claim to promote a group called “Patriot Front.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who monitors extremist groups across the country has designated Patriot Front as an extremist white-nationalist hate group.

The group was reportedly formed when it broke off from Vanguard America in the aftermath of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.