{"id":1779582,"date":"2022-12-18T23:18:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779582"},"modified":"2022-12-18T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:18:22","slug":"garland-calls-for-stand-against-disturbing-rise-in-anti-semitism-at-national-menorah-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garland-calls-for-stand-against-disturbing-rise-in-anti-semitism-at-national-menorah-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Garland Calls For Stand Against \u2018Disturbing\u2019 Rise In Anti-Semitism At National Menorah Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgarland-calls-for-stand-against-disturbing-rise-in-anti-semitism-at-national-menorah-lighting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Attorney General Merrick Garland marked the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah with a call for Americans to come together to oppose a \u201cdisturbing\u201d rise in anti-Semitism and other acts of bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s National Hanukkah Menorah lighting, an annual event sponsored by the American Friends of Lubavitch at the White House Ellipse, Garland, who is Jewish, gave his remarks a personal edge by sharing his family\u2019s harrowing story of escaping the Holocaust in Europe and finding refuge in the United States. Living without fear of persecution under the protection of the law \u201cis what distinguishes America from so many other countries,\u201d Garland said.<\/p>\n<p>As attorney general, he vowed, \u201cI will never stop working to guarantee that protection to everyone in our country. All of us at the Department of Justice will never stop working to confront and combat violence and other unlawful acts fueled by hate. That is our legal obligation. But now more than ever, all Americans have a moral obligation to stand up against such hate. Together, we must stand up against the disturbing rise in anti-Semitism and together we must stand up against bigotry in any of its forms. Our democracy depends on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garland\u2019s message about anti-Semitism follows that of FBI Director Christopher Wray, who said last month that anti-Semitism remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/11\/10\/fbi-director-wray-antisemitism-remains-pervasive-fact\/8322469001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ca pervasive and present fact\u201d<\/a> that threatens Jewish communities. Wray said this on the same day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/10\/us\/new-jersey-arrest-attack-threats-synagogues\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a man was arrested<\/a> in connection to what the FBI warned was a \u201ccredible\u201d threat to New Jersey synagogues.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/press-release\/adl-audit-finds-antisemitic-incidents-united-states-reached-all-time-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a report in April<\/a>, saying the group received 2,717 reports of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in 2021, a 34% increase from 2020 and the highest number since ADL began tracking them.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Building upon Wray\u2019s vow to protect Jewish communities against threats, Garland said the Justice Department\u2019s \u201cmission is to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect the civil rights of everyone in this country,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the close of his remarks, before the lighting of the giant menorah on the Ellipse, Garland again gave his message a personal touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a descendant of those who fled persecution because they were Jewish, it is especially meaningful to be here tonight as we light this menorah in our nation\u2019s capital and under the protection of its laws,\u201d Garland said. \u201cMay we never stop working to ensure that Americans will always be able to gather today as we are doing tonight to light the Menorah.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland marked the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah with a call for Americans to come together to oppose a \u201cdisturbing\u201d rise in anti-Semitism and other acts of bigotry. 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