Joe Biden: My plan to fight antisemitism

[Gothmog]

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We have a serious problem with rising tides of white supremacy and antisemitism — both in America, on the political right and left, and around the world. It’s not a new phenomenon, but it is the responsibility of leaders everywhere to work aggressively to combat this poison. Instead, we have a president who, in clear language and in code, encourages and emboldens it.

After Charlottesville, Donald Trump gave renewed license and safe harbor for hate to white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, and the KKK. There’s a short line from those people marching with tiki torches in Charlottesville chanting “Jews will not replace us” to the shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh saying Jews “were committing genocide to his people.”

We need a comprehensive approach to battling antisemitism that takes seriously both the violence that accompanies it and the hateful and dangerous lies that undergird it. Sadly, antisemitism takes many different forms and cuts across ideology, political party, group and nation. So we must remain vigilant and speak out every time we see the persistent evil of antisemitism rear its ugly head. It’s incumbent on all of us to stand against those who traffic in pernicious stereotypes, or who seek to scare and divide us for political gain. Silence is complicity, so we must speak out — every time. We must call hate by its proper name, and condemn it....

5. Have you participated in a Passover seder or other Jewish holiday ritual? If so, what were the circumstances, and what was the experience like for you?

I’ve had the honor of sharing many meaningful experiences with Jewish friends and family — celebrating weddings, sitting shiva. During our first year in office, in 2009, President Obama became the first president to host a seder at the White House — a tradition he maintained each year of his presidency. In 2013, Jill and I were proud to have the first Vice Presidential Sukkah at the Naval Observatory, and we welcomed Jewish children from the community to come decorate it. It was incredibly meaningful to be able to host our friends from the community during Sukkot with traditional hospitality. And in 2014, I presided over the lighting of the National Menorah to mark the start of Hanukkah with a message that is critical for us all to remember today: “Jewish heritage is American heritage.” The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.

[Gothmog]

1. I stand in solidarity with those marching in New York against the rise of anti-Semitism.

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[Demsrule86]

2. I do also...this can not be allowed to continue...and Trump is feeding it.

K&R

[Hortensis]

8. Of course Biden does. Our daughter and husband and sons

were touristing in NYC Sunday, and they joined that parade across the Brooklyn Bridge. An unexpected opportunity to participate that they grabbed. There's not much of that back in their part of Arkansas.

[Scurrilous]

3. K&R

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. The Last Supper was a Passover Seder.

[Gothmog]

5. Yes it was

[dware]

6. The more Joe talks,

the better I like him, AFAIC, he is very charismatic.

[question everything]

7. And simply leading by example

I don't think it is a coincidence that antisemitism, violence, in general, grew starting in 2017.