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ADL (Anti-Defamation
League)
Agudath Israel of America
ALEPH: Alliance for
Jewish Renewal
Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Ameinu
American Conference of
Cantors
American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, AIPAC
American Jewish
Committee
American Jewish
Congress
American Zionist
Movement
Aytzim: Ecological
Judaism
B’nai B’rith International
Central Conference of
American Rabbis
Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations
Hadassah, The Women’s
Zionist Organization of
America
HIAS
Hillel International
The Institute for the Study
of Global Antisemitism
and Policy
Iranian American Jewish
Federation
The Israel Forever
Foundation
Israel Policy Forum
J Street
JCC Association of North
America
Jewish Council for Public
Affairs
Jewish Federations of
North America
Jewish Graduate
Organization (JGO)
Jewish National Fund-
USA
Jewish on Campus
Jewish Orthodox Feminist
Alliance
Jewish United Fund/
Jewish Federation of
Chicago
Jewish Women
International (JWI)
Jewish World Watch
Keshet
Masa Israel Journey
Men of Reform Judaism
National Coalition
Supporting Eurasian
Jewry (NCSEJ)
National Council of
Jewish Women
Network of Jewish
Human Service Agencies
The Nexus Leadership
Project
Olami
PORAT (People for
Orthodox Renaissance
and Torah)
Rabbinical Assembly
Rabbinical Council of
America
Reconstructing Judaism
Religious Zionists of
America-Mizrachi
Romemu
Secure Community
Network
Sigma Alpha Mu
Fraternity, Inc.
Sigma Delta Tau
StandWithUs
Union for Reform Judaism
Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of
America
United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism
(USCJ)
Women of Reform
Judaism
Women’s League for
Conservative Judaism
World Jewish Congress
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
(YCT)
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
Zioness Movement
Zionist Organization of
America (ZOA)
ratives and attacks.”
Additionally, a review
of FBI data noted that
American Jews account for
2.4% of the U.S. population,
but they are the victims of
63% of reported religiously
motivated hate crimes.
In light of this, we urge
you to pass comprehen-
sive legislation to address
the threat posed by this
unique hate. The bipartisan
Countering Antisemitism Act
(H.R. 7921) would strength-
en desperately needed federal
efforts and ensure that the
current administration and
any future administration are
focused on fighting antisem-
itism.
The bill would estab-
lish a domestic National
Coordinator to Counter
Antisemitism and a dedi-
cated Task Force to Counter
Antisemitism that will help
to coordinate efforts to fight
this hate across federal agen-
cies.
The Countering
Antisemitism Act would
require the Department of
Education to designate a
senior official to advise and
oversee the Department’s
efforts to counter antisemitic
discrimination at colleges
and universities.
The bill would also pro-
mote Holocaust education,
help us understand the threat
of antisemitic violent extrem-
ism, as well as the spread
of antisemitism online, and
celebrate Jewish life by des-
ignating Jewish American
Heritage Month in law, and
more.
This historic bill is the
most far-reaching antisem-
itism initiative ever to be
introduced in Congress. It
provides a well-rounded
whole-of-government and
whole-of-society approach
to countering antisemitism
at this delicate and unnerv-
ing time for the American
Jewish community. We urge
you to provide the necessary
federal infrastructure and
resources to keep American
Jews safe by swiftly bringing
the Countering Antisemitism
Act to the floor for a vote.
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