New York City Commission on Human Rights Launches Campaign Against Antisemitism

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The New York City Commission on Human Rights is launching a campaign to combat antisemitism.

A wave of antisemitic attacks have struck the New York City area over the past year, including multiple assaults on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, a deadly shooting at a kosher market in Jersey City and a brutal stabbing spree in Monsey.

In light of these events, the commission will run full-page ads describing laws against religious harassment and discrimination, as well as how to report antisemitic incidents, in the Orthodox and Hasidic newspapers Hamodia, Jewish Press and Mishpacha, as well as online.

“Antisemitism has no place in New York City,” the text reads.

“Religious harassment and discrimination is illegal in housing, the workplace, and in all public places,” it says. “If someone harasses or discriminates against you based on your religion, report it to the Commission on Human Rights by calling 311.”

In a press release announcing the campaign, Carmelyn P. Malalis, chair and commissioner of the NYC Commission on Human Rights, said, “Every New Yorker has the right to practice their religion, celebrate with loved ones, and be who they are proudly and without fear of harassment, discrimination, or violence.”

“The alarming rate of antisemitic incidents in New York City — and the violent attacks in nearby communities like Jersey City, NJ and Monsey, NY — are unacceptable,” she added. “The NYC Commission on Human Rights rejects antisemitism and we are committed to eradicating this bigotry wherever it exists.”

Human Rights Commissioner Jonathan Greenspun said, “I applaud the NYC Commission on Human Rights for sending a strong message that acts of hate perpetrated against the Jewish community have no place in this great city.”

“We will never tolerate a climate where wearing a yarmulke in public makes anyone a target,” he vowed.

The Algemeiner   (c) 2019 .         Benjamin Kerstein

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