[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 296 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 296
Condemning antisemitism and recent antisemitic attacks in the United
States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 23, 2025
Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr.
McCormick, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Moran, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Schumer)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Condemning antisemitism and recent antisemitic attacks in the United
States.
Whereas, on May 21, 2025, the American Jewish Committee organized an event at
the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, which brought together
Jewish young professionals and diplomats from around the world and
featured members of the Multifaith Alliance and IsraAID in a discussion
of humanitarian diplomacy and how a coalition of organizations are
working together in response to humanitarian crises throughout the
Middle East and North Africa;
Whereas, shortly after Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky left the event, they
were shot and murdered;
Whereas the suspect in that attack proceeded to enter the event inside the
Capital Jewish Museum and told law enforcement, ``I did it for
Palestine, I did it for Gaza.'';
Whereas, as law enforcement escorted the suspect outside, he shouted, ``Free
Palestine'';
Whereas Sarah Milgrim, a Jewish American from Kansas and staff member at the
Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC, was committed to peacebuilding,
passionate about people-to-people relations, dedicated to preserving the
environment and all its life forms, a lay leader of American Jewish
Committee Access, and a member of the American Jewish Committee-Mimouna
Michael Sachs Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, where she was focused on
advancing relations in the Middle East and North Africa;
Whereas Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli-German dual citizen, moved from Jerusalem
to work at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC, where he focused on
Middle East issues, and was passionate about creating connections
between people and countries for the benefit of the region of the Middle
East;
Whereas Sarah and Yaron met at the Embassy of Israel and fell in love in the
aftermath of the October 7th terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel and
were set to build a future together with a marriage proposal on the
horizon;
Whereas, immediately after the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky,
there was celebration of that attack on all major social media
platforms, including calls for more violence and an increased presence
of the phrases ``what goes around comes around'' and ``long live the
intifada'', as well as glorification and justification of that violence
and characterization of the suspect in the attack as a hero;
Whereas, on June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, several individuals took part in
a peaceful walk organized by ``Run for Their Lives'', showing support
for the hostages still held captive by Hamas;
Whereas, during this walk, an individual shouted ``Free Palestine'' and threw 2
lit Molotov cocktails into the crowd, resulting in multiple injuries,
including severe burns;
Whereas the murders of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky and the attack in
Boulder, Colorado, were the result of antisemitism, extremism, and
political violence, which are threats not only to Jewish individuals,
but to all of society in the United States;
Whereas, following the attack in Boulder, Colorado, there was a similar
celebration of that attack, and of the attacker, as occurred after the
May 21, 2025, attack, on all major social media platforms, including
praise of the suspect in the attack as a courageous figure and hero and
encouraging additional violence;
Whereas, since the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel,
antisemitism has surged in the United States and around the world;
Whereas, according to the report published by the American Jewish Committee
entitled ``The State of Antisemitism in America 2024''--
(1) 77 percent of Jewish Americans say they feel less safe as a Jewish
person in the United States because of the October 7, 2023, terrorist
attack by Hamas on Israel;
(2) 56 percent of Jewish Americans say they altered their behavior out
of fear of antisemitism in 2024, a sharp increase from previous years;
(3) 90 percent of Jewish Americans say antisemitism has increased in
the United States since the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel; and
(4) 33 percent of Jewish Americans say they have been the personal
target of antisemitism, in person or virtually, at least once over the last
year;
Whereas, according to the 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents conducted by the
Anti-Defamation League, individuals in the United States experienced
9,354 incidents of antisemitism in 2024, a historic high, and for the
first time ever, a majority of those incidents, 58 percent, contained
references to Israel or Zionism;
Whereas Jewish Americans make up approximately 2.4 percent of the population of
the United States, yet account for 68 percent of religiously motivated
hate crimes reported, according to the 2023 Hate Crimes Statistics
Report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Whereas the 1,989 reported hate crimes against Jewish Americans in 2023,
including assault, arson, larceny, vandalism, imitation, and other acts
of violence, was the highest number of anti-Jewish hate crimes ever
reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Whereas, according to the 2023 Hate Crimes Statistics Report issued by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, antisemitic hate crimes increased a
staggering 63 percent since the annual report issued in 2022;
Whereas antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem, but a problem that threatens
democracy and all of humanity; and
Whereas fighting antisemitism will not only protect the Jewish community in the
United States but also protect our democracy: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) mourns the loss of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky;
(2) unequivocally condemns antisemitism in all its forms,
including the antisemitic attack on and murder of Sarah Milgrim
and Yaron Lischinsky, and the antisemitic attack in Boulder,
Colorado;
(3) stands with the Jewish communities in the United States
and throughout the world and all those effected by the
antisemitic attacks that occurred in Washington, DC, on May 21,
2025, and in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025;
(4) wishes for the swift recovery of all victims of the
attack in Boulder, Colorado;
(5) encourages all of society to denounce and combat all
manifestations of antisemitism and ensure that antisemitism is
not normalized;
(6) recognizes the importance of resources and action in
the aftermath of attacks, including the distribution of
resources from the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
(7) reaffirms the commitment of the people of the United
States to combat hate, bigotry, antisemitism, and violence
against Jewish Americans.
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