Visitors to the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s website are greeted with a ticker showing the number of people and organizations who have signed on to say they are that “all in” for this fight: 322,552 individuals and 321 groups as of Wednesday.
A page of “notable quotes” starts off with Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama and George W. Bush, then moves on to international heads of state and other politicians. It includes Rep. Steven Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who is minority whip in the House and who once reportedly pitched himself as “David Duke without the baggage,” and the late evangelical leader Billy Graham, who was once recorded telling President Richard Nixon that Jews were behind the pornography industry and their “stranglehold has got to be broken or the country’s going down the drain.”
Gabby Deutch is joining
Jewish Insider full time as our new Washington correspondent covering key stories and figures from the capital. She was previously NewsGuard’s Washington correspondent and a contributing writer at JI. She’s also an alum of
The Atlantic, CNN and
The Toledo Blade. Welcome Gabby!
The White House hosted a virtual Purim gathering on Friday afternoon for approximately 30 administration staffers. Along with a message from Rabbi Levi Shemtov, several participants shared their thoughts on the holiday. The event, typically held in-person, did not feature a reading of the Megillah.
New UAE Ambassador to Israel Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja arrived in Israel this morning, and will present his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin later today.