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Katie Zacharia faced a media firestorm over her claims of being a “lawyer” during media appearances despite never passing the bar exam.
“Every candle on those birthday cakes represents another year of a life that hatred failed to extinguish,” New York City Council member Virginia Maloney told JNS.
“All the things that are both Jewish and immigrant, I think I experienced growing up,” Dee Simon told JNS.
“I do want to call on all candidates who are campaigning right now to really speak out when they see things like that,” Adena Ishii, mayor of Berkeley, said during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Judy Schwank told JNS that “if we can get it through both bodies and get it to the governor’s desk, he will sign it.”
“It is hard to feel safe and secure when Jews see police cars stationed in front of their synagogues and schools, and support for terrorist groups on signs in their streets,” Scott Richman of the ADL told JNS
“I think they’re much more susceptible to being targeted if a public official wants to target them, if a community wants to target them,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer told JNS.
The reversal “sends an unfortunate signal at a time of rising antisemitism and sustained efforts to isolate Israel economically,” Evan R. Bernstein, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
“Whose battle is the administration fighting here? Kanye West’s? Tucker Carlson’s?” Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told JNS.
“My grandparents may not have had superpowers, but they understood that with the opportunity to build a new life came a responsibility to give back,” Sam Berger told JNS.
“You can define a fire 1,000 different ways, but if nobody picks up a hose, the building still burns,” Steve Rosenberg of NAVI told JNS.
