“After the Donald Trump's election, there was a surge of hate crimes. We saw acts of vandalism, certainly a lot of slander on social media and, in fact, in the last few months, as you mentioned, a number of bomb threats, almost 70, to dozens of Jewish community centers across the country.” CountryHateCommunityCrimeElectionThreatSocial MediaSlander Author:Jonathan Greenblatt
“The president Donald Trump took an important first step. Literally, we hadn't heard him speak in the way that he did, talking about that these threats are painful and that anti-Semitism is horrible. Of course we agree. But, as we have said for a long time, now we need the next step, which is a plan of action to calm these communities where anxiety has reached an incredibly high level.” LongImportantActionSpeakPresidentCommunityAnxietyAgreeThreatCalmPainfulHorrible Author:Jonathan Greenblatt
“The attorney general could push and the president Donald Trump could push governors and state attorney generals to move forward with hate crimes laws all over America to protect the Jewish community and other marginalized groups.” MovingHatePresidentCommunityCrimeProtectMoving ForwardAttorney Author:Jonathan Greenblatt