Jewish groups from both sides of the aisle unwaveringly condemned the chaos on Capitol Hill, with Democratic and liberal groups blaming the president for inciting the violence. Conservative Jewish groups focused on the breakdown of the rule of law, which they vociferously lamented.
Michael Makovsky of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America said “given the foreign-policy rhetoric during the Democratic primary, [Tony] Blinken and [Jake] Sullivan are from the more moderate wing of the party, and that is reassuring. They’re thoughtful and experienced experts.”
Jackson Richman: Whether it’s four more years led by Donald Trump or a new government under Joe Biden, the president will likely have to deal with continued instability within the Palestinian leadership.
Jackson Richman: In an exclusive interview, U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism discusses the “raw hate” against Jews on social media and his causes for optimism.
Jackson Richman: Facebook and TikTok, however, each sent a senior representative in the same week that Facebook also banned Holocaust denial on its platform.
“It reaffirms an important truth: Neo-Nazi organizations that weaponize patriotism are dangerous and spread hatred,” said the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece.
“The president is not Hitler. Joe Biden is not Castro,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, adding that the comparison “degrades the memory of the Shoah.”
Jackson Richman: “We need to understand in terms of restitution and also in terms of the Claims Conference that, increasingly, the direct victims of the Nazis are getting older, and therefore their needs are getting much greater in terms of physical and mental care,” says Lord Eric Pickles.
Jackson Richman: In response, San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi posted on social media: “We are not accepting Zoom’s caving in to Zionist and racist pressures. SFSU has an obligation to protect our classes.”
Jackson Richman:Norm Eisen, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, said she “exemplified a core Jewish principle: ‘tzedek tzedek tirdof,’ justice, justice shall you pursue. She understood it was not just a Jewish virtue but an American one.”
