Twelve members of the U.S. Congress and a number of European ambassadors will attend synagogues this month and participate in other activities to show their concern about anti-Semitism.
Among 11 Democrats and the Republican pledged to observe the May 22 “Solidarity Sabbath” is Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate minority leader and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), one of two Muslims in Congress. The sole Republican so far pledged is Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.).
Also pledged to participate, according to the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, which is organizing the event, are ambassadors to Washington from Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Georgia and Cyprus. Noted human rights activists Chen Guangcheng, formerly of China, and Paul Rusesabagina, formerly of Rwanda, also are signed on.
In addition to visiting synagogues, options for participation include hosting a Shabbat dinner and organizing a meeting on religious intolerance.
A release from the Lantos Foundation says “high-level” political leaders from Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Spain and Sweden will participate, although these have not been named.
The foundation set up a website for others to take the pledge.
“The Solidarity Sabbath provides a unique opportunity for leaders in Europe and North America to stand shoulder to shoulder against anti-Semitism and send a powerful message that this kind of hate will not be tolerated,” Katrina Lantos Swett, the foundation’s president, said in a statement.
The Lantos Foundation is named for Swett’s father, the late Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congress. Lantos (D-Calif.) was noted for his focus on human rights and chaired the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee from 2007-2008.
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OMG !! AS the Jews say =enough already ! This has reached the level of complete craven ess by US Senators these people represent YOU ! the American citizen how low can they get ? Its at a level of complete sickness they arent US Senators they are Israeli Knesset officials working in the US .Why do you vote them in kick the bums out at the next election . Did you see the Scottish voting results ? Scots kicked the lot out you can do that ! The Scots were put down continually by the English Jews laughed at -lied to just like the Native Americans -BUT the Scots have FIRE in their bellies they said enough ! This is OUR country we are taking it back for Independence remember the US Declaration of Independence is taken from the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath =ALL men shall be FREE !! and look what your Jewish Senators have done to it .
Garbage.
you do not like anti semitism…….stop creating it. I can’t stand the word even, it is a fraud from its inception.
Yes. Our Senators, Congressmen, Supreme Fraud, White House all work for the Khazarian Mafia, the criminal cabal that has done so much harm to humanity and they will continue to do that as long as these stooges kneel before them.
OMG !! AS the Jews say =enough already ! This has reached the level of complete craven ess by US Senators these people represent YOU ! the American citizen how low can they get ? Its at a level of complete sickness they arent US Senators they are Israeli Knesset officials working in the US .Why do you vote them in kick the bums out at the next election . Did you see the Scottish voting results ? Scots kicked the lot out you can do that ! The Scots were put down continually by the English Jews laughed at -lied to just like the Native Americans -BUT the Scots have FIRE in their bellies they said enough ! This is OUR country we are taking it back for Independence remember the US Declaration of Independence is taken from the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath =ALL men shall be FREE !! and look what your Jewish Senators have done to it .
Garbage.
you do not like anti semitism…….stop creating it. I can’t stand the word even, it is a fraud from its inception.
Yes. Our Senators, Congressmen, Supreme Fraud, White House all work for the Khazarian Mafia, the criminal cabal that has done so much harm to humanity and they will continue to do that as long as these stooges kneel before them.