May 22, 2025
After the horrific murders of Yaron Lischinsky z"l and Sarah Milgrim z"l outside an AJC event in Washington, D.C., AJC CEO Ted Deutch joined CNN with a clear and urgent warning: “Words have consequences.”
From online memes to chants in the streets, antisemitic rhetoric fuels violence. What many dismiss as “just slogans” can create the conditions for deadly hate, and Jewish communities around the world are paying the price. Ted calls for a whole-of-society response to antisemitism, urging leaders, institutions, and individuals to confront the world’s oldest hatred before it spirals further.
