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Right now, the right is telling Jews we have to choose between free speech and Jewish safety — but we know free speech is necessary for Jewish safety.

Read on to see how we’re mobilizing to protect democracy and Jewish safety, from campuses to Congress to the White House, and chip in to help our movement continue this work <[link removed]>.

Campus: After the Anti-Defamation League's CEO Jonathan Greenblatt went on national TV to defame student protestors — many of them Jewish — by calling them Iranian government proxies, we mobilized with an open letter1 and petition calling on him to stop defaming student protestors.2 Our community responded enthusiastically, with nearly 1,500 people signed on to the petition so far, over 350,000 accounts reached on social media,3 and coverage in national publications.4

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Congress: Last week, the House passed a gag bill disguised as the “Antisemitism Awareness Act,” which aims to silence criticism of U.S. support for the Israeli government.5 In contrast, we’re continuing our work with partnersto fight antisemitism and protect free speech6 — to ultimately win the true multiracial democracy we’re fighting for.

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White House: Despite past collaboration on the first-ever White House strategy to combat antisemitism,7 several Jewish organizations pulled out of a meeting with the Biden administration’s Secretary of Education last Friday because Bend the Arc and other progressive Jewish organizations were included. I participated and made sure the U.S. Department of Education heard our Jewish voices — and not just those working to silence diverse perspectives.8

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We know that silence will never make us safe. That's why we're working to fight authoritarianism, protect democracy, and win a future where our multiracial Jewish community is safe and free.

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I’m so grateful to be in this work alongside you and our broader movement. Thank you for being with us, Friend.

Jamie Beran
CEO, Bend the Arc

Sources:
1. Bend the Arc, Bend The Arc: Jewish Action CEO responds to ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt’s Defamation of Student Protestors <[link removed]>
2. Bend the Arc, Tell Jonathan Greenblatt: Defaming Students Puts Jews in Danger <[link removed]>
3. Leah Greenberg on X <[link removed]>
4. Slate, The Anti-Defamation League Has Abandoned Some of the People It Exists to Protect <[link removed]>
5. Bend the Arc: Jewish Action on X <[link removed]>
6. ACLU on X <[link removed]>
7. Bend the Arc, The White House just made a major commitment to dismantling antisemitism. Here's what you need to know <[link removed]>
8. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Large Jewish organizations boycotted a meeting with the education secretary because progressive Jewish groups would be present <[link removed]>

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