Congress
Jews continue to make up 6% of the representatives and senators.
“If a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly.
Law instructs the U.S. government to sanction Iranian agents who harass anti-regime dissidents and activists.
Republican George Santos admitted to lying on the campaign trail about his mother being Jewish and his grandparents fleeing the Nazis.
“I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish,’” says New York’s George Santos.
“It is a total mystery to me why [President Joe] Biden and [Secretary of State Antony] Blinken are violating a federal law, the Taylor Force Act,” said Stuart Force, Taylor’s father.
The spending package for the fiscal year 2023 includes the highest congressional honor bestowed to Ben Ferencz for his advocacy of human rights and justice.
Bill includes funding for synagogue security, action against antisemitism and aid to Holocaust survivors.
Rep. Andy Harris also slammed as “unacceptable” illegal Palestinian construction that is being funded by the European Union.
Boris Lozhkin, president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, said that Russia’s invasion is “terroristic” but Ukraine will prevail.
The legislators ask Biden “to execute a unified national strategy to monitor and combat antisemitism.”
Hakeem Jeffries “worked tirelessly to make sure Israel has the tools to defend itself,” said Democratic Majority for Israel CEO Mark Mellman.
