Ten Jewish-American organizations have signed an open letter which rejects the attempts to use the “guise of fighting anti-Semitism” for a political agenda on university campuses and on non-citizen activists. These federal actions are viewed as a threat to Jewish safety, not a safeguard.
The statement reads,"These actions do not make Jews—or any community—safer. Rather, they only make us less safe. We reject any policies or actions that foment or take advantage of antisemitism and pit communities against one another.” The letter continues that “we firmly reject the false choice between confronting anti-Semitism and upholding democracy. Our safety as Jews has always been tied to the rule of law, to the safety of others, to the strength of civil society, and to the protection of rights and liberties for all. It is both possible and necessary to fight anti-Semitism—on campus, in our communities, and across the country—without abandoning the democratic values that have allowed Jews, and so many other vulnerable minorities, to thrive.”
Signatories include the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the National Council of Jewish Women, the American Conference of Cantors, HIAS, the Rabbinical Assembly, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
