Antisemitic, homophobic flyers distributed in Kalispell neighborhood
Katrina White was horrified when she looked inside a plastic sandwich bag placed in her driveway on Tuesday morning. She quickly hid the contents before her children could stumble upon them.
Inside were several flyers depicting antisemitic, homophobic and other hateful rhetoric, White said. Her neighbors around Rosewood Drive, near Kalispell Middle School, received the same materials.
“I felt shocked, angry,” White said. “It doesn’t feel like the Kalispell that I moved to.”
The flyers directed readers to a website containing additional digital materials with antisemitic language, as well as to social media for White Lives Matter — a group that the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as a neo-Nazi, white supremacist organization.
Similar flyers were left at homes in Evergreen in September 2025 as well as at a popular Whitefish bookstore earlier that year.
Mayor Ryan Hunter, who recalled finding similar items left on his doorstep a few years ago, condemned the most recent occurrence on March 17.
“That kind of hate is not acceptable in our community. We don’t want it here. And anyone thinking that they can spread that kind of hate in our community is mistaken, and we want them out of our community,” he said.
Hunter urged anyone who received the leaflets to report them to the Kalispell Police Department as well as to Catalyst Montana, an organization that keeps records of incidents involving hate.
Kalispell Police Chief Jordan Venezio did not respond for comment before press time.
Rabbi Shneur Wolf of the Chabad of the Flathead Valley reassured Jewish residents that the hateful messages do not represent the views of the broader community.
“We’ve been here for the last almost eight years. We’ve only experienced love, acceptance and really a lot of warmth from the community,” Wolf said.
“If any of the haters are reading this article, I invite them to sit down for a coffee to actually share their grievances so we can have a productive conversation,” he added.
After the deadly December shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, the Chabad of the Flathead Valley held a public Menorah lighting at Depot Park in Whitefish. Wolf said the event drew a record turnout.
“We are going to continue to celebrate our Judaism. We’re going to continue to be proud of who we are. And that’s not going to end, definitely not with some leaflets,” Wolf said.
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