My faith is deeply tied to who I am, what I fight for, and my role as a lawmaker. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
 | | | | Friend, | | I am the third Jewish woman and the first former synagogue president ever elected to the United States Senate. My faith is deeply tied to who I am, what I fight for, and my role as a lawmaker. | | It's part of why I care about the issues that I do, and it means that I bring with me the same struggles that all Jews face. Most prominently, the threat and impact of antisemitism is part of my story – as it is for so many Jews who are too often made to feel like outsiders or that they are less than. | | Will you please make a gift of $5 or more now to help me continue to fight antisemitism in Washington and make positive change for all communities in Nevada and across the country? | | | | When I was just a few years old, I was playing in a swimming pool with my mom when a lifeguard on duty told her that we were "dirty" because we were Jewish – and that we had to leave the pool immediately because of it. My mom never forgot that interaction. | | Nearly every Jewish American has had a moment in their lives when they experience or witness antisemitism like that firsthand, and the problem is especially serious today. | | Swastika graffiti. Physical assaults and threats. Firebombings. MULTIPLE deadly mass shootings. These attacks on Jews are not isolated incidents. They represent a regression toward one of civilization's darkest chapters. | | All of it is wrong, and addressing this kind of violent antisemitism is an issue I've been working on since before I came to Congress and throughout my time in the House and Senate. That is why: | - I founded the Senate's first-ever Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism – which now includes more than half the Senate as members.
| - I successfully pushed the Biden administration to create the first-ever National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism, which took a whole-of-government approach to tackling rising hate.
| - I introduced bipartisan legislation to address antisemitism on college campuses across the country.
| - I led the effort in Congress to increase the power of the State Department's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism by raising the position to the rank of Ambassador.
| - I introduced and successfully passed into law the reauthorization of the Never Again Education Act, which helps educate our communities about the Holocaust.
| - I recently led the charge to stop the Trump administration from weakening Coast Guard standards for hate symbols like swastikas.
| | When I think about this work, I think about being that little girl with her mom again. Every day, I'm fighting to make our country a place where nobody is targeted because of their faith or who they are – whether it's a swimming pool, a house of worship, or the United States military. | | We have made progress over the years in fighting back against antisemitism, but there is still so much more work for me to do – and your support helps power my fight in the Senate. So please: Make a generous gift of $5 or more now to help me continue the fight against antisemitism so we can make our country safer and more tolerant for all of us. | | If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: | | Thank you so much, friend.
Jacky | | | |
| | |
No comments:
Post a Comment