JWI Decries Anti-Semitic Attacks and Calls for Appointment of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

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Washington, D.C. – Following the latest in months’ long series of anti-Semitic attacks, JWI CEO Lori Weinstein issues the following statement:

Jewish Women International (JWI) decries the latest in months of anti-Semitic attacks. Be it desecration of our cemeteries or bomb threats to our schools and community centers, this is a whole-sale attack, threatening every level of our Jewish families and community. 

President Trump, we call on you to speak out, condemn these evil acts, and to immediately appoint your administration’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to put into place real action that will keep our families…your family…safe. 

We know that when one minority is unsafe, no minority is safe.

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