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Friend,
HowToFightAntisemitism.com
is a new resource in our fight to build a country that is truly for
all of us.
Coming right on the heels of our second national conference, this
resource serves to help us address the threat of white nationalism as
we continue to envision a just and moral response to the COVID-19
crisis.
On the website, you’ll find an up-to-date timeline of stories about
GOP figures promoting anti-Semitic tropes, collaborating with fascist
groups or condoning hate directed at Jews.
61% of U.S. Jews see antisemitism as an issue in the GOP. We’ve
collectively experienced how — under Trump’s presidency — hate crimes
and violence against Jews and many others have increased, including
the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Yet stories of
antisemitic rhetoric on the left, regardless of their accuracy or
significance, have gotten twice as much news coverage as antisemitic
rhetoric on the right.1,2
The
Huffington Post article by Chris Mathias lifts up some recent
stories you might have missed: “The website’s timeline
include Department of Health and Human Services official Michael
Caputo, an April hire, promoting conspiracy theories about Jewish
billionaire George Soros just a month earlier; a GOP congressional
candidate meeting with a white supremacist organization in Georgia;
and the continued use of anti-Semitic signs at right-wing
anti-lockdown protests.”
Our new resource tracks it all. The more we can understand
the spread of antisemitism and conspiracies from far-right extremists,
the better we can combat it.
View
and share HowToFightAntisemitism.com here.
In solidarity,
The Bend the Arc team
Sources:
1. Bend
the Arc's National Survey of American Jewish Voters
2. Media Matters,
As
Trump and the GOP weaponize charges against anti-Semitism, media has
covered anti-Semitic rhetoric more than actions
PS: You’ll be in good company when you share the site on social
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