The letter included signatures from past chairs and CEOs of some of the largest Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the AJC and more.
“Dave Portnoy, and the greater Jewish community are making themselves out to be some kind of victims… but I am the real victim," claimed Mo Khan.
Unlike in some Christian denominations, where a belief in the afterlife is an organizing idea, Judaism has no single doctrine about what happens after death.
Over 211,000 US Jews vote in Zionist Congress election, surpassing all past elections.
A 2020 Claims Conference survey found that 63% of US millennials and Gen Z did not know that six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
A self-described agnostic Jew who wrote in 2016 that he had never been to Israel, he nonetheless became one of the fiercest critics of Democrats, claiming that he had “empowered” Israel’s enemies.
While many expected Jewish involvement to return to pre-war levels over time, the survey demonstrates remarkable staying power.
The survey also said most American Jews dislike how Trump is handling antisemitism in the United States.
Sermons that spoke about Israel did so in overwhelmingly positive terms, especially after Oct. 7.
The surge in antisemitism is a threat to Jewish values, our principles, and our survival as a people. We cannot afford to be complacent. It’s time for decisive action.
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