{"id":2234713,"date":"2024-05-01T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-wave-of-anti-semitism-every-gop-governor-recognizes-may-as-jewish-american-heritage-month\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:43:02","slug":"amid-wave-of-anti-semitism-every-gop-governor-recognizes-may-as-jewish-american-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-wave-of-anti-semitism-every-gop-governor-recognizes-may-as-jewish-american-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"In the face of rising anti-Semitism, GOP governors honor May as Jewish American Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Famid-wave-of-anti-semitism-every-gop-governor-recognizes-may-as-jewish-american-heritage-month%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=2234713&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>The \u2064Republican Governors Association, comprising all 27 GOP governors, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">statement<\/a>\u2063 on the first day of May recognizing it as Jewish\u2063 American Heritage Month. They\u200c emphasized supporting Israel\u2064 and standing \u2062against anti-Semitism globally. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-thumbs-down-gesture-aimed-at-mets-fans-javier-baez-and-francisco-lindor-apologize\/\" title=\"After Thumbs-Down Gesture Aimed At Mets Fans, Javier Baez And Francisco Lindor Apologize\">gesture aimed<\/a> to\u200c honor the Jewish community and raise\u200d awareness about their \u2062rich heritage amidst growing \u200bchallenges. The Republican Governors Association, encompassing all 27\u2062 GOP\u200c governors,\u200c declared the first\u200d day of \u2063May as Jewish \u2063American Heritage Month. Their focus was on backing Israel\u2062 and condemning global \u200danti-Semitism. The statement \u2064aimed to celebrate\u200b the\u200d Jewish community and shed light on \u2064their cultural legacy\u200d amid\u200d increasing adversities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">With anti-Semitism rearing its head around the world and polls showing Democrats increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/472070\/democrats-sympathies-middle-east-shift-palestinians.aspx\">turning against Israel,<\/a> the Republican Governors Association released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rga.org\/statement-from-republican-governors-on-jewish-american-heritage-month\/\">statement<\/a> on Wednesday, the first day of May, unanimously signed by all 27 Republican governors across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/professor-crushes-bbc-on-its-own-airwaves-over-networks-outrageous-hamas-policy\/\" title=\"Professor criticizes BBC for its biased Hamas policy on air.\">country recognizing<\/a> May as Jewish American Heritage Month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The governors wrote, \u201cAs governors and community leaders, we are honored to recognize May as Jewish-American Heritage Month, especially as Jewish people around the world face unspeakable persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country has a long history of supporting Israel, and now more than ever, it\u2019s important we stand in solidarity with the Jewish community against horrific acts of antisemitism, religious bigotry, and terrorism both in our country and across the globe,\u201d they continued. \u201cThroughout May, we are proud to celebrate Jewish heritage and the many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journalists-mourn-as-cnn-exec-who-fueled-trumps-rise-announces-plans-to-leave-network\/\" title=\"Journalists Mourn as CNN Exec Who Fueled Trump\u2019s Rise Announces Plans to Leave Network\">positive contributions<\/a> that the Jewish community has had on our nation while reaffirming our unwavering support for the Nation of Israel and her people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jewish community\u2019s contributions to America trace all the way back to its founding, embodied by Haym Salomon, a supporter of the patriotic cause and a prime financier of the American War for Independence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence; in response, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>A people which had been exiled from its homeland two thousand years, which had endured countless pogroms, expulsions, and persecutions, but which had refused to relinquish its identity\u2014which had, on the contrary, substantially strengthened that identity; a people which only a few years before had been the victim of mankind\u2019s largest single act of mass murder, killing a third of the world\u2019s Jews, that people was returning home as sovereign citizens in their own independent state.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The signatories of the Jewish American Heritage Month statement included Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Mike Dunleavy (AK), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Ron DeSantis (FL), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Eric Holcomb (IN), Governor Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Tate Reeves (MS), Governor Mike Parson (MO), Governor Greg Gianforte (MT), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Chris Sununu (NH), Governor Doug Burgum (ND), Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Mike DeWine (OH), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Governor Kristi Noem (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Greg Abbott (TX), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Phil Scott (VT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Jim Justice (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY).<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid global anti-Semitism and a shift in Democratic views on Israel, the Republican Governors Association issued a joint statement on May 1st, signed by all 27 GOP governors, declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month. 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