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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSecond gentleman Doug Emhoff to convene antisemitism roundtable at the White House this week
This looks a needed event
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/doug-emhoff-antisemitism-summit-white-house/index.html
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff the first Jewish person in his position will convene an antisemitism roundtable Wednesday at the White House, Emhoffs office tells CNN.
Planning for the event was underway for weeks, but White House aides said that its taken on extra significance now following a series of antisemitic comments from the rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, as well as the revelation that former President Donald Trump hosted West along with White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate in late November.
Literally every single day it gets worse, Emhoff said on Friday, appearing at an event in Washington last week where he described himself as in pain.
Jews in our generation didnt experience this level of antisemitism at all, he added. Like with so many issues, we thought that it was behind us.
Emhoff, joined by domestic policy advisor Susan Rice, director of public engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms and administration special envoy to combat antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, will bring together leaders of 13 different Jewish groups from the Anti-Defamation League to Jewish on Campus and several religious organizations.
Planning for the event was underway for weeks, but White House aides said that its taken on extra significance now following a series of antisemitic comments from the rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, as well as the revelation that former President Donald Trump hosted West along with White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate in late November.
Literally every single day it gets worse, Emhoff said on Friday, appearing at an event in Washington last week where he described himself as in pain.
Jews in our generation didnt experience this level of antisemitism at all, he added. Like with so many issues, we thought that it was behind us.
Emhoff, joined by domestic policy advisor Susan Rice, director of public engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms and administration special envoy to combat antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, will bring together leaders of 13 different Jewish groups from the Anti-Defamation League to Jewish on Campus and several religious organizations.
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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff to convene antisemitism roundtable at the White House this week (Original Post)
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Dec 2022
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littlemissmartypants
(22,655 posts)1. ❤️
brer cat
(24,562 posts)2. I'm sorry that this event is necessary.
As Emhoff said, we thought this was behind us. I would never have predicted the rise of Nazis in our country.
Cha
(297,196 posts)3. Excellent! 💙 TY & 2nd Gent! nt