Last year, Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) invited black and Jewish members of the House to form the Black Jewish Congressional Caucus, which was introduced last June at the 2019 AJC Global Forum.
Thank you for inviting me to join in this centenary celebration of the Balfour Declaration – a celebration of the practical wisdom of a war-time British Government, of the triumph of historical obligation over colonial expediency, of the long-delayed recognition of a people’s rightful inheritance.
As I write this today, it is 116 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes, and 59 seconds since more than 200 Israeli hostages were taken by Hamas during the October 7 massacre.