Combat Antisemitism
“We must stop antisemitism because we are all connected, and we’re all involved in this together,” the New York City mayor said.
The head of the U.S. Justice Department antisemitism task force told JNS that the president will take “decisive action” if the city’s mayor-elect “turns his back on the Jewish American community.”
The Republican Party must be united on which voices it considers legitimate, according to Ellie Cohanim, a task force co-chair.
“I was surprised and a little bit relieved and also heartened by how much political support the preliminary recommendations received immediately,” a Democratic state representative, who is Jewish, told JNS.
The European Jewish Congress’s president told the local leaders to focus on countering online hate and addressing social needs.
A WJC spokesperson told JNS the organization is “grateful for both of their commitments to working across party lines to support Jewish Americans and the State of Israel.”
Mark Goldfeder of the National Jewish Advocacy Center told JNS that he plans to rejoin the panel, which made “the right decision to separate.”
“Antisemitism is a disease that will not end or diminish due to a ceasefire, because the disease has always been there,” said Spanish journalist and former politician Pilar Rahola.
Nearly 1,000 participants from 18 countries signed a declaration in Rio de Janeiro supporting Israel and condemning hate.
Larisa Svechin, a mayor on the board, told JNS that “it’s important that those fighting antisemitism know that they’re not alone.”
The resolution adopted by the Beverly Hills district will also require each school to display the Israeli flag during Jewish American Heritage Month.
“Australia used to be thought of as a safe haven for Jews, but that image has been shattered over the last two years,” said CAM CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa.
