THEU.S.NATIONALSTRATEGYTOCOUNTERANTISEMITISMMAY2023THEU.S.NATIONALSTRATEGYTOCOUNTERANTISEMITISM1May25,2023Sixyearsago,Neo-NazismarchedfromtheshadowsthroughCharlottesville,Virginia,chanting,“Jewswillnotreplaceus.”Withtorchesinhand,theyspewedthesameantisemiticbileandhatethatwereheardacrossEuropeinthe1930s.WhathappenedinCharlottesville—thehorrorofthatmoment,theviolencethatfollowed,andthethreatitrepresentedforAmericandemocracy—drovemetorunforPresident.TheverysoulofourNationwashanginginthebalance.Itstillistoday.Repeatedepisodesofhate—includingnumerousattacksonJewishAmericans—havesincefollowedCharlottesville,shakingourmoralconscienceasAmericansandchallengingthevaluesforwhichwestandasaNation.ThatiswhyIconvenedthefirst-everUnitedWeStandSummitattheWhiteHouseinSeptember2022:tobringcommunitiesfromacrossthecountrytogethertocombathateinallitsforms—includingthepersistentscourgeofantisemitism—thathaslongplaguedourNation.Wemuststandunited—regardlessofourbackgroundsandbeliefs—toaffirmthatanattackonanyonegroupofusisanattackonusallandthathatecanhavenosafeharborinAmerica.Together,wemustacknowledgeandconfronttherealitythatantisemitismisrising,bothathomeandabroad.Loudvoicesarenormalizingthisvenom,butwemustneverallowittobecomenormal.AntisemitismthreatensnotonlytheJewishcommunity,butallAmericans.Peoplewhopeddletheseantisem...
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