President Biden is expected to issue a strong condemnation of emboldened antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world during a Hanukkah reception at the White House.
andPresident Joe Biden is expected to issue a strong condemnation of emboldened antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world during a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Monday.
The president will deliver remarks at the event, which he is hosting with first lady Jill Biden, following blessing and a menorah lighting, a White House official said. In his remarks, Biden will forcefully argue that silence is complicity amid rising antisemitic attacks and emphasize that all forms of hate, antisemitism and violence have no place in America, the official said.
The Bidens are also expected to mark a new tradition by adding the first menorah to the White House collection. The menorah, created by the White House carpentry shop, will be the first Jewish artifact to be included in the White House archives, the official said Participants in the program include Bronia Brandman, a Holocaust survivor and retired public school teacher who met with the president this year to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day; Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; ambassador Michele Taylor, daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors who serves as U.S.
The event comes amid the president’s efforts to address antisemitic incidents, which have been on the rise in the U.S. Assault, harassment and vandalism targeting Jews have increased to their highest levels in more than four decades, according to
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