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Dear Friends,
Unfortunately, incidents of antisemitic rhetoric, vandalism, and violence increased again this week.
A Neo-Nazi group demonstrated outside of Boston’s Holocaust Memorial, and two Holocaust Museums in Florida and Pennsylvania were vandalized. Several American synagogues were targeted, and violence against Jews in New York, continued. A Jewish tourist was physically assaulted on the Las Vegas strip by a Pro-Palestinian man who said, ‘the Jews are not going to exist.’ In just the past month, antisemitic incidents have risen 80% in the U.S.
Jews were physically attacked in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere as this surge in antisemitism continues. Jewish students have been increasingly targeted on campuses, including a Glasgow University Jewish student who was told to ‘gas herself,’ by her classmates.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Biden, and Vice President Harris, along with leaders in the Republican and Democratic parties, condemned the surge in antisemitic incidents in the United States and around the world. A growing number of celebrities, sports teams and businesses have also spoken out against this hate.
The Combat Antisemitism Movement is proud to have endorsed a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. Senate sponsored by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) that recommits the Senate to combating antisemitism in all its forms. CAM calls for further legislative action to ensure that the United States can effectively combat all forms of antisemitism. As antisemitism continues to move from the fringe into the mainstream of our society, this moment calls for strong action that unequivocally addresses this wave of hate targeting Jewish communities.
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