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• Resolution Condemning Antisemitism & Anti-Jewish Violence In response to past and recent acts of antisemitism and anti-Jewish violence in our community, this Resolution condemns antisemitism and acts of anti-Jewish bigotry as morally reprehensible in themselves as well as serious threats to public safety, and it denounces the antisemitic sentiments that give rise to such acts as false, hateful and antithetical to core American values. Resolution 22-01, passed 3/22/2022

  Mar 22, 2022

  ·Bloomington, IN

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  On March 22, 2022, the Community Advisory on Public Safety Commission passed Resolution 22-01 condemning antisemitism and anti-Jewish violence in response to incidents in the community including an arson attack on a synagogue in 1982, hate literature distribution in 1998, vandalism in 2010, theft of religious objects in 2021, and swastika defacement in 2021-2022. The resolution celebrates the Jewish community as a valuable part of Bloomington, affirms their right to safe residence, and condemns all acts of violence, bigotry, and hate speech targeting Jewish residents as threats to public safety. The commission called upon the Mayor, Common Council members, and Board of Public Safety to actively condemn antisemitic speech and violence while reinforcing that antisemitism contradicts core American values.

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