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Haaretz: ‘I Can’t Stand by and Watch’: American Jewish Activists Take to the Streets Following Killing of George Floyd

June 1, 2020

By Danielle Ziri

The Jewish Democratic Council of America also released a statement Friday, saying: “Our Jewish values call on us to support equality, righteousness and justice; an injustice to any community is an injustice we feel ourselves. Both the Jewish and Black communities have been a target of the rising hatred and division in our country in recent years. Racism and antisemitism are bred from the same dangerous ideology, and we must stand together against bigotry in all its forms.”