Action #1:
Call or write your US Senators: 202-224-3121
I am calling to urge Senator _____________ to vote no on the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act” should the bill, which passed the House, be introduced in the Senate. This legislation would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Act definition to conflate anti-Semitism or bigotry against Jews with anti-Zionism or political opposition to a state that privileges one ethnicity over another. This anti-free speech bill would set the stage to criminalize protests that demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and support for equal rights in Palestine. I want Senator ____________ to tell Senate President Chuck Schumer NOT to bring this awful bill to a vote in the Senate–and to pledge to vote no on the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act should it ever hit the Senate floor. Thank you.
Key Links
F*** You, We Aren't Leaving: Writing from the encampment (CODEPINK Blog, Danaka Katovich. 5/6/24)
https://www.codepink.org/fu_notleaving
H.R. 6090
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text?s=1&r=47
Holocaust Remembrance Act Definition of Anti-Semitism (read the troubling examples)
https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism
Congress’ anti-semitism act is an insult to Jewish history (Jacobin. Oren Schweitzer.
https://jacobin.com/2024/05/antisemitism-bill-bund-jewish-history
House Roll Call Vote