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Nearly 5,000 Christian communicators gathered at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, this week for the annual National Religious Broadcasters Convention (NRB 2024).
The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) was proud to once again co-sponsor the convention’s “Breakfast to Honor Israel,” which drew a sold-out crowd of more than 300 people.
Other breakfast co-sponsors included the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) and American Friends of Magen David Adom.
The theme of the breakfast was solidarity with the State of Israel and Jewish people in the aftermath of the October 7th Hamas massacre.
In his remarks at the event, CAM Director of Christian Engagement EJ Kimball detailed the post-October 7th global surge of antisemitic attacks, noting, “These assaults are not just against Jews, but also those who stand with the Jewish people.”
Kimball went on to highlight the importance of “educating about antisemitism from the earliest ages in schools, in your churches and on your broadcasts,” and he emphasized the usefulness of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, which had been adopted by 1,216 entities worldwide as of the end of 2023, according to data compiled by CAM and Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry.
“Let me close by thanking you all for your partnership and asking for your help because this fight is also your fight,” Kimball concluded. “In Rockefeller Center, for the Christmas tree lighting, a tradition generally not for Jews, there was a pro-Hamas mob that sought to stop it from happening. The forces of evil are out in plain sight and we all need to unite to defeat it.”
Watch Kimball’s full speech HERE:
Remarks were also delivered at the breakfast by Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States Anat Sultan-Dadon, who spoke about the need to speak up about the October 7th attack and fight rising antisemitism.
CAM has been represented the past five years at the annual NRB conventions and is building a broad base of evangelical Christian support for international efforts to combat antisemitism.
