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extraordinary times. it s hard to square, and to build on what the professor said, at the adl, we track anti-semitic incidents. we are seeing record numbers, the likes of which we haven t seen in decades. and you know, there s a straight line from charlottesville to capitol hill, from congresspeople insisting that the jewish people are responsible for covid and that plague to other members saying the jews or the jewish state is responsible for a kind of genocide. all of this hyperbole, all of this hysteria, makes jews feel afraid so i think it is absolutely crucial that we put professor lipstadt in place, but we just need to keep in mind that to fight anti-semitism, jason, this is sometimes called the oldest hatred. it s going to take a whole of society effort. alone, a special envoy, she can t do the job. she s not a silver bullet. we need the government to act. we need law enforcement to investigate and prosecute as well as look at models like
fight anti-semitism, vote and confirm professor lipstadt today. we need her in place now more than ever. professor, i want to read you some information here from washington post and get your thoughts on the other side. it s talking about, what counts as assistant semitism? the biden nominee receives a hearing on the topic. she points out, jews make up 2% of the u.s. population and 0.2% of the world s population. but according to fbi data, 55% of all reported religious bias crimes in the united states and 2020 targeted j ews. in the united states, a pew research center survey of jewish americans between november 2019 and june 2020 found that 53% said they personally feel less safe than they did five years ago. professor, if we were looking at this on a scale of the sort of, you know, highest moments of anti-semitism, anti-semitic violence in america versus the lowest levels, where are we right now? are we heading towards a code
the british jewish community reported an increase of anti-semitic incidents. they had over 2,200 incidents last year, making it the worst year on record, a 34% increase around the world. we ve seen a torrent of incidents in places like france and germany and so on, and here in the united states, we re still recovering, if you will, from the hostage crisis in texas, from anti-semitic flyering around the country. from holocaust distortionism and outright denial so in light of this context, jason, it s astonishing to me that professor lipstadt, who s one of the most esteemed experts in the united states, that he would have the audacity to say she s not qualified. the one thing that she is is qualified. she is a scholar. she is an expert, not an idea log and if the senate wants to