American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reconsider, together with legislators, recent changes to the state’s criminal law that in effect favor perpetrators over victims of antisemitic hate crimes.
We all need to send the message that antisemitism in any form is unacceptable, that there is no room in these United States for bigotry or prejudice,” said Isaacson in remarks before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
Following a stream of anti-Semitic attacks in New York during Chanukah, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser met with local community religious leaders to discuss how to combat anti-Semitism in the District.