Antisemitism
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“This hearing ain’t gonna fix s***. Okay? This is a virus that is spreading,” said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, of Florida.
“This is a terrible error in judgment on the part of the governor,” said Tom Horne. “This bill should have been signed into law.”
Rachel Storch told JNS the Democratic Party has voices that “have become very shrill and represent values that I do not and would never espouse—anti-Zionist and antisemitic.”
Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen called on the Asian democracy to “take action” against Beijing’s consul general in Osaka.
Rep. Max Miller said that a driver showed him a Palestinian flag and told him that he wanted to kill the Jewish congressman and his family.
The subcommittee hearing is to be titled “Rising Threat: America’s battle against antisemitic terror.”
“American Jews are not bystanders to global terror and domestic extremism. We are deliberate targets,” said William Daroff, CEO of the Presidents Conference.
“We are starkly reminded that silence is complicity,” said Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who introduced the resolution with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.).
The incident preceded the outbreak of Israel’s war with Iran and is uncharacteristic of the community’s situation, a local rabbi said.
A 26-year-old man faces up to two years in prison for allegedly sending “more than 10” threatening text messages.
The letters “contain references to Gaza, Israel or events in which Jewish people were killed or otherwise attacked,” the Justice Department stated.
“This is classic antisemitism, and history proves that there is no greater danger to the continuity of a civilization,” said Rabbi Yaakov Menken.
