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| 2023 -- H 5031 Enacted 01/10/2023 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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