2023 -- H 5031

========

LC000188

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

URGING ALL RHODE ISLANDERS TO JOIN TOGETHER IN STRONGLY CONDEMNING

ANY AND ALL FORMS OF ANTISEMITISM

     Introduced By: Representatives Ackerman, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Kislak,
Finkelman, Boylan, Knight, McNamara, and Slater

     Date Introduced: January 10, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Antisemitism is a virulent and disgraceful form of hate and persecution that

continues to assault our humanity; and

     WHEREAS, In recent years, our state and our country has been plagued with a clear and

troubling pattern of increased aggression and cruelty against Jewish persons; and

     WHEREAS, In 2021, the United States endured 2,717 antisemitic attacks, the highest

incidence of assault, harassment and vandalism against Jewish persons in more than forty years;

and

     WHEREAS, In November of 2022, Rhode Island suffered an escalation in these vicious

attacks with the systematic distribution of hundreds of leaflets containing antisemitic propaganda

throughout neighborhoods in Providence, Warwick and North Providence; and

     WHEREAS, These malevolent acts are an affront to our State's Jewish community and to

all Rhode Island citizens; and

     WHEREAS, Antisemitism in any form breeds violence and it is essential that police,

businesses, individuals and law makers at all levels step forward to call out, report, and play an

essential role in denouncing and counteracting the resurgence of any and all antisemitism in our

State; and

     WHEREAS, As individuals, as a state, and as a nation, Americans of all races, creeds and

colors must unite against the vile antisemitism, bigotry, and the rage that continues to plague our

world; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

comprehensively and completely denounces bigotry, prejudice, and antisemitism. We moreover

condemn the ideologies of all hate groups who systematically judge, minimize, persecute, or

obstruct individuals based on religion, skin color, or gender; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House urges all Rhode Islanders and all Americans to unite

against those who espouse all forms of hatred, discrimination, and violence, and to stand with our

Jewish community, friends, and neighbors "so no one stands alone"; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island.

========

LC000188

========

LC000188 - Page 2 of 2