Complaints from Jewish community spokesmen led this week to removal of 10 large billboards at key Kansas City intersections, bearing the Hebrew words “L’Shonah Tovah Tikosevu.”
The signs had been erected by an outdoor advertising company as a goodwill gesture to the Jewish community. Officials said that most of the comments they received were favorable, and that no formal complaint was lodged by any Jewish organization. However, a number of Jews expressed the view that the signs might be “misleading” or “offensive” or potential targets for desecration. Local officials of the company conferred with national officers and decided to remove the signs.
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