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6 | JUNE 13 • 2024 
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Publisher
The Detroit Jewish News 
Foundation

| Board of Directors:
 Chair: Gary Torgow
 Vice President: David Kramer 
 Secretary: Robin Axelrod
 Treasurer: Max Berlin
 Board members: Mark Davidoff, 
 Michael J. Eizelman, Larry Jackier, 
 Jeffrey Schlussel, Mark Zausmer
 
 Executive Director:
 Marni Raitt 
 Alene and Graham Landau Archivist Chair: 
 Mike Smith
 Founding President & Publisher Emeritus: 
 Arthur Horwitz
 Founding Publisher 
 Philip Slomovitz, of blessed memory
 
 The Detroit Jewish News 
 Foundation Giving Society

 The Rebecca and Andrew Hayman Giving Fund
 Nancy and James Grosfeld
 The Honorable Bernard Friedman

 Editorial 
 Director of Editorial: 
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Contributing Editors: 
David Sachs, Keri Guten Cohen
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Danny Schwartz 
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Digital Manager:
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Suzanne Chessler, Shari S. Cohen, 
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Gary Graff, Esther Allweiss Ingber, 
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letter to Congress
Pass the Countering Antisemitism Act

Editor’s Note: A broad coalition 
of 61 national Jewish organi-
zations urge swift congressio-
nal action on the Countering 
Antisemitism Act.
T

he undersigned nation-
al Jewish organizations 
that reflect the depth 
and breadth of American 
Jewish life are united in our 
deep concern over the expo-
nentially rising incidences of 
antisemitism in this coun-
try. We write to urge you to 
swiftly bring the Countering 
Antisemitism Act to the 
House floor for a vote.
As you know, our com-
munity is currently facing a 
historic crisis of antisemitism 
not seen in a generation. 
The ADL’s (Anti-Defamation 
League) recently published 
2023 Audit of Antisemitic 
Incidents recorded 8,873 
antisemitic incidents across 

the United States. This rep-
resents a 140% increase from 
the year before and is the 
highest number on record 
since ADL began tracking 
antisemitic incidents in 1979. 
In fact, ADL tracked more 
incidents in 2023 than in the 
previous three years com-
bined. The dramatic increase 
in incidents took place pri-
marily in the period following 
the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in 
Israel. Between Oct. 7 and 

the end of 2023, ADL tabu-
lated 5,204 incidents — more 
than the incident total for the 
whole of 2022. 
This historic rise in 
antisemitism is being direct-
ly felt by Jews around the 
country. AJC’s State of 
Antisemitism in America 
2023 Report found that 63% 
of American Jews feel the sta-
tus of Jews is less secure than 
one year ago — more than a 
20 percentage point increase 

in just one year. One in four 
reported they were the target 
of an antisemitic incident 
— a physical attack, remark, 
vandalism or messaging — 
in 2023, and 46% reported 
changing their behavior out of 
fear of antisemitism in the 12 
months prior.
The federal government 
continues to track these 
trends as well. The Office 
of the Director of National 
Intelligence reported that 
“while faith-based commu-
nities across the country face 
varying levels of discrimi-
nation, there is a persistent 
threat of violence and hate 
crimes against Jewish commu-
nities, primarily by domestic 
violent extremists.” 
An intelligence assessment 
by the FBI and the National 
Counterterrorism Center 
found that “antisemitism is 
a persistent driver of trans- 
national violent extremist nar-

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