South Florida mayors unite against antisemitism

MIAMI – The Anti-Defamation League recorded an unparalleled increase in antisemitism in the US considering that October 7th. They described a 337% raise. 

The mayors in Miami-Dade County are not owning it. Thursday, a lot of of them gathered to condemn antisemitism and the assault on Israel. 

“I have skilled a whole lot of dislike to the Jewish neighborhood, even during our public conferences, statements these types of as you individuals are ruining the community,” Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger reported. 

“We have noticed an maximize in attacks on our synagogues, and dislike crimes versus Jews,” Miami Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava claimed. 

The leaders that gathered at the Better Miami Jewish Federation painted an unattractive image. 

“All Jews in this dwelling will die, that’s what someone wrote on a piece of paper and hung on a Jewish family’s door in Aventura,” ADL Sarah Emmons stated. “Hitler must have concluded the career was yelled at a passerby in South Seaside.”

At CBS News Miami, we have documented on an increase in Antisemitic conditions. Surveillance movie from a well-known cafe on Miami Seaside caught another person slashing and ripping down a banner. A Miami person was arrested in October for threatening to get rid of hundreds of individuals at a live performance if the FBI did not defend him from Jewish men and women. Law enforcement arrested a different gentleman for threatening a Jewish day college- declaring he was with Hamas and experienced explosives. 

“Nearly 60%, and likely a lot more now as a final result of the war, of all religiously determined despise crimes focus on the Jewish neighborhood, “Moj Khaghan Danial with the Jewish Local community Relations Council stated. “We are much less than 2% of the United States populace.”

They explained move one particular to stopping the unfold of antisemitism is speaking out about it. 

“We cannot stay silent,” Emmons stated. “We have to communicate out and get motion, and that is especially significant for our elected local community and campus management.”

They also emphasized the worth of schooling. 

“There is a tremendous amount of disinformation,” Miami Mayor Francis Suarez stated, “and it does stem from antisemitism, but it also stems from a deficiency of comprehension of record.”