“I will not remain silent in the face of this antisemitic venom, vitriol, and violence,” Biden said in a statement. As a response to the rise in antisemitism in the US, President Joe Biden declared May 2023 as Jewish American Heritage Month. Ruderman said that Israel’s role in commemorating antisemitic attacks around the world would hopefully encourage other governments to take them more seriously.Īccording to the panel survey commissioned and released in January 2022 by the Ruderman Family Foundation, 93% of American Jews are concerned about current levels of antisemitism in the United States (US), with nearly half of US Jews (42%) experiencing antisemitism either directly or through family and friends over the past five years alone. His ministry will formulate the recommendations for recognising Jews and non-Jews killed in antisemitic attacks in the diaspora.
The proposal, adopted by the cabinet, was brought forward by the Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Social Equality, Amichai Chikli. “We’ll work together with our partners to implement this decision for the sake of all the people of Israel.” “Our brothers and sisters living in the diaspora are an inseparable part of us and unfortunately, they struggle every day with antisemitic events,” Hagoel said. With this decision, Israel has proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that it’s the state of the Jewish people, and that only through our unity as a people and the mutual guarantee between us can we guarantee our security and prosperity.”
Shira Ruderman, the executive director of the Ruderman Family Foundation, said, “This is a historic day for the Jewish people and Israel. He initiated the move last year, based on a study by the Boston-based Ruderman Family Foundation, which lobbied for it. “This is an important and necessary step for a nation and a country that has struggled with antisemitism since its inception,” said Yaakov Hagoel, the chairperson of the World Zionist Organisation (WZO).
For the first time since Israel’s establishment, the ministry of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism has decided that non-Israeli victims of antisemitic terror attacks in the diaspora should be officially mourned by the state of Israel, specifically on Yom Hazikaron, which commemorates fallen soldiers and victims of terror.
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