A resolution unequivocally condemning the recent rise in antisemitic violence and harassment targeting Jewish Americans, and standing in solidarity with those affected by antisemitism, and for other purposes.

III 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 252 Unequivocally condemning the recent rise in antisemitic violence and harass- ment targeting Jewish Americans, and standing in solidarity with those affected by antisemitism, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 27, 2021 Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CARPER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. KELLY, Mr. COR- NYN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. DAINES, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. BENNET, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. RISCH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HOEVEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. KING, Mr. BOOZ- MAN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. THUNE, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. REED, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. COONS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. ERNST, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. ROMNEY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. WARNER, Mr. TOOMEY, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. BURR, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. BROWN) submitted the following resolu- tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JUNE 14, 2021 Committee discharged; considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Unequivocally condemning the recent rise in antisemitic vio- lence and harassment targeting Jewish Americans, and VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\SR252.ATS SR252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 SRES 252 ATS standing in solidarity with those affected by anti- semitism, and for other purposes. Whereas antisemitism remains a serious and growing danger for Jews in the United States and around the world; Whereas, in May 2021, antisemitic incidents and rhetoric have surged in the United States and around the world as hostilities between Hamas and Israel escalated; Whereas, since the beginning of 2021, there has been an in- crease in acts of antisemitism, including— (1) individuals in London calling for Jewish ‘‘daugh- ters to be raped’’; (2) a German synagogue being pelted with rocks; (3) an attack on Jewish diners in Los Angeles, Cali- fornia; (4) fireworks hurled at a crowd in New York City, New York; (5) synagogues in Tucson, Arizona, and Skokie, Illi- nois, being vandalized; (6) Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s claim in an interview that Israel ‘‘controls the media’’ and has ‘‘deep pockets,’’ perpetuating an antise- mitic conspiracy theory; and (7) Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s in- vocation of the blood libel myth, which has historically been used to justify violence against Jews; Whereas such antisemitic incidents are part of a broader in- crease in the number and intensity of antisemitic inci- dents in the United States and around the world, as evi- denced by— (1) studies by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, finding that violent antisemitic attacks worldwide rose 18 percent in 2019 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR252.ATS SR252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 SRES 252 ATS and shifted online in 2020 during the COVID–19 pan- demic, which resulted in antisemitic conspiracy theories related to the pandemic proliferating; and (2) hate crime statistics collected by the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation, demonstrating— (A) a 14-percent increase in antisemitic hate crimes in the United States in 2019; and (B) that Jewish Americans were the target of 60.2 percent of all religiously motivated hate crimes in 2019, despite accounting for 2 percent of the pop- ulation of the United States; Whereas Holocaust denial and distortion, including inten- tional efforts to excuse or minimize the impact of the Holocaust, dishonors those who were persecuted and murdered and reinforces the need for advancing accurate Holocaust education globally; Whereas, over the course of the past decade, Holocaust dis- tortion has grown in intensity; Whereas protecting the history of the Holocaust and recog- nizing and confronting Holocaust denial and distortion is critical to preventing antisemitism; Whereas Jewish houses of worship are increasingly targets of violent attacks in the United States, as evidenced by the deadly assaults on synagogues in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, in 2018 and Poway, California, in 2019; Whereas, in October 2020, the Department of Homeland Se- curity warned that ‘‘racially and ethnically motivated vio- lent extremists—specifically white supremacist extrem- ists—will remain the most persistent and lethal threat in the [United States] Homeland’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR252.ATS SR252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 SRES 252 ATS Whereas the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the De- partment of Homeland Security provides critical funding to support physical security enhancements to Jewish or- ganizations and institutions, including synagogues, that are at high risk of a terrorist attack or targeted violence; Whereas the United States has played a crucial leadership role in combating antisemitism internationally, including by working to promote Holocaust education, improve the safety and security of at-risk Jewish communities, com- bat online radicalization, ensure foreign public officials and faith leaders condemn antisemitic discourse, and strengthen foreign judicial systems in their prosecution of antisemitic incidents; Whereas section 59 of the State Department Basic Authori- ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2731) establishes the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the Department of State, which is headed by an individual who has the rank of ambassador and reports directly to the Secretary of State, to develop and implement policies and projects to combat global antisemitism by working closely with foreign governments, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society; and Whereas the Never Again Education Act (36 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public Law 116–141), which was signed into law on May 29, 2020, expands United States Holocaust Memo- rial Museum education programming, requires the mu- seum to develop and nationally disseminate accurate, rel- evant, and accessible resources to improve awareness and understanding of the Holocaust, and authorizes various Holocaust education program activities to engage pro- spective and current teachers and educational leaders: Now, therefore, be it VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR252.ATS SR252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 SRES 252 ATS Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) unequivocally condemns the recent rise in 2 antisemitic violence and harassment targeting Jew- 3 ish Americans, and stands in solidarity with those 4 affected by antisemitism; 5 (2) recommits to combating antisemitism in all 6 forms; 7 (3) calls on elected officials, faith leaders, and 8 civil society leaders to denounce and combat all 9 manifestations of antisemitism; 10 (4) urges the President to— 11 (A) continue the leadership role of the 12 United States in combating antisemitism inter- 13 nationally, including by nominating a qualified 14 Ambassador to Monitor and Combat Anti- 15 semitism and engaging intergovernmental orga- 16 nizations to ensure that the anti-discrimination 17 efforts of the organizations include combating 18 antisemitism; 19 (B) advance accurate Holocaust education 20 and counter Holocaust denial and distortion, in- 21 cluding by fully implementing the Never Again 22 Education Act (36 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public 23 Law 116–141); 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR252.ATS SR252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 SRES 252 ATS (C) ensure the physical security of Jewish 1 institutions and organizations, including by re- 2 questing sufficient resources for the Nonprofit 3 Security Grant Program of the Department of 4 Homeland Security to keep at-risk houses of 5 worship, schools, and community centers safe 6 from terrorist attacks and other forms of 7 antisemitic violence; and 8 (D) produce an analysis that accounts for 9 the level and scope of the threat that anti- 10 semitism poses to the people of the United 11 States; and 12 (5) urges Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 13 enforcement agencies to fully participate in the data 14 collection process of the Federal Bureau of Inves- 15 tigation in order to improve antisemitic hate crime 16 data collection. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR252.ATS SR252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS