ERR OF THE DOG: This offensive billboard on the West Side Highway in Harlem was taken down by last night. (Robert Miller)
A city vodka manufacturer erected a billboard showing a dog in a yarmulke next to the slogan “Christmas quality, Hanukkah pricing’’ — prompting Jewish groups to demand that the sign come down.
Wodka vodka — which has featured other ads such as “Escort quality, hooker pricing” — posted the billboard on the West Side Highway at 132nd Street in Harlem.
“In a crude and offensive way of trying to make a point that their vodka is high quality and inexpensive, the billboards evoke a Jewish holiday to imply something that is cheap and of lesser value when compared to the higher value of a Christian holiday,” Ron Meier of the Anti-Defamation League said yesterday.
The red-faced company said it had removed the sign by last night.
“Although rarely serious, we apologize to anyone we may have offended through our holiday campaign,’’ Wodka said on Twitter.