RICHMOND, VA – Right now, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed HB 1606, sponsored by Delegate Anne Ferrell Tata (R-Virginia Seaside), which formally adopts the Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism. This definition might be used as a instrument and information to establish situations of antisemitism and prepare first responders, educators, and different public servants how to reply to antisemitism and stop hate crimes from taking place.
“After we acknowledge that we reside in a world the place there may be hate, and the place that hate is translated into despicable actions, we will arise collectively and say there is no such thing as a room for that. After we clearly outline hatred, as this invoice does, then we will remodel for the great and construct a greater future,” stated Governor Glenn Youngkin. “I’m so happy with the progress we’re making and humbled by the shining lights we see throughout the Commonwealth.”
“My religion is so necessary in my life, and a basic tenet of my religion is to ‘love each other.’ I like our Jewish group, which is why I labored intently with them to hold this important laws. Adopting the IHRA definition is a crucial first step towards ending antisemitism in Virginia,” stated Delegate Anne Ferrell Tata.
“The district I serve is residence to Virginians of all faiths, backgrounds, and ethnicities, lots of whom got here to Virginia searching for tolerance and spiritual liberty. As Virginians, we have now an obligation to face up and defend the proper of everybody to observe their religion free from discrimination and oppression. This invoice offers public servants one other instrument to fight antisemitism and fulfill Virginia’s promise of non secular liberty,” stated Senator Siobhan Dunnavant.
“To combat the rising wave of anti-Jewish bigotry and extremism, it helps to have Virginia arise and start the onerous work of taking tangible steps to confront this hatred head-on,” stated Chair of the Fee to Fight Antisemitism and former U.S. Lawyer Basic Jeffrey Rosen.
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