US leads the world in the fight against antisemitism: In a press call Monday to mark Jewish American Heritage Month, Elan Carr, the State Department’s antisemitism monitor, outlined steps the United States was taking worldwide to advocate for defending Jews as violent antisemitism spikes, including security measures, prosecuting hate crimes and condemning anti-Semitic speech.
“In addition to all of those important defense measures, we are determined also to work with our allies in developing and driving Philo-Semitic narratives for their country, in the hope that we can reach the day when every society dedicates itself, as the United States has, to embrace and to treasure its Jewish community,” he said.
WASHINGTON —Elan Carr, the State Department’s antisemitism monitor, wants to get people in other countries to love their Jews more as a means of countering antisemitism.
In a press call Monday to mark Jewish American Heritage Month, Carr outlined steps the United States was taking worldwide to advocate for defending Jews as violent antisemitism spikes, including security measures, prosecuting hate crimes and condemning anti-Semitic speech. Read more...