Emhoff to meet with Jewish college students at White House
Source: Politico
05/06/2024 05:00 AM EDT
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Monday will host a half-dozen Jewish students from colleges around the country amid a wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests criticized for featuring antisemitic behavior.
The event, which will take place at the White House, will formally mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, with all the attendees having grandparents who survived the Holocaust. But it’s also geared toward current events. A White House official said it will address rising antisemitism in the country, including “recent events on college campuses.” The official, who spoke about internal planning on condition of anonymity, said the event was put together at Emhoff’s direction.
“On Yom HaShoah, we honor the lives of the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust,” the second gentleman said in a statement to POLITICO. “At a time when antisemitism is surging, including threats of violence against Jews, we are reminded that we must never allow history to repeat itself. We must continue to fight antisemitism and hate and educate others on the horrors of the past.”
The event is another illustration of the administration’s efforts to more forcefully insert itself into a campus protest storyline that it has, for the most part, kept its distance from. It also underscores the central role that Emhoff is now playing in crafting the White House response.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/06/doug-emhoff-jewish-college-students-invite-00156207
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