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SWC: Combat Surging Anti-Semitism with Taskforce

Written by Admin | February 22, 2017
Against the backdrop of surging hate crimes targeting Jews and Jewish institutions across the US, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to establish a specialtaskforce...

Against the backdrop of surging hate crimes targeting Jews and Jewish institutions across the US, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging US Attorney General Jeff Sessions toestablish a special taskforce to apprehend the culprit or culprits who have launched four waves of bomb threats against scores of Jewish Community Centers across the US andfor President Trump to outline his Administration’s plan to combat surging anti-Semitism.
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