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The president’s message on the five-year anniversary of the attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue came days after the White House press secretary answered a question about rising antisemitism by commenting on Islamophobia.
By wearing fringes on a four-cornered garment, religious Jews fulfill biblical commandments mentioned in Numbers and Deuteronomy.
“As Christians, we must stand with the Jewish people and Israel,” says deputy director of the Philos Project, the group behind the initiative.
Kevin Roberts delivered a talk on Wednesday at the announcement of the Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism.
The survey also found that 38.6% of Muslim Americans approve of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has called for a ceasefire and de-escalation.
Israel has evacuated diplomats from several countries in the region.
“This horrific act of hate has no place in America and stands against our fundamental values,” stated U.S. President Joe Biden.
An “anti-Israel, antisemitic smear campaign from extremists” targeted Rep. Josh Gottheimer, “because he is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship and a vocal critic of Hamas terrorists,” the Jewish congressman’s spokesman told JNS.
Rabbi Hershel Schachter, one of the rosh yeshivas (deans) at Yeshiva University, wrote that an exception should be made to say prayers beseeching divine mercy on Shabbat for Israel.
The group also called for Palestinian prisoners to be released immediately and the “apartheid state” dismantled completely.
Throughout Jewish history, public fasts have responded to and beseeched God for mercy at times of great pain and uncertainty.
