H EADLINES
election, Jewish Pennsbury
School Board members said
they were receiving antisemitic
threats. Last month in Central
Bucks, a resident spoke at a
school board meeting and said
the ADL had Mafi a ties.

Exaggerated comparisons
between COVID restrictions
and Nazi Germany discrimi-
nation against Jews also have
popped up there.

“We need to say hate speech
is not acceptable,” Schatz said.

“Antisemitism is not acceptable.”
It would be one thing, Schatz
explained, if the JFNA had
not felt a need to declare this
Street and Goodman followed.

Upon stepping to the
podium, Kenney called it “an
honor to be here today.”
“The Jewish American
community has a long, storied
history here in Philadelphia,”
Kenney said. “As mayor, I can
assure you that Philadelphia will
always be a welcoming city to
everyone. No matter what they
look like or where they come
from or how they worship.”
The mayor said that
Philadelphia’s inclusivity was
one of its “greatest strengths.”
“When we see any form
of hate or discrimination, we
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Chanukah-based initiative. But
since it did, it became incum-
bent upon the Jewish Federation
to show solidarity with federa-
tions across the country.

“Th at many are going to
be doing it makes it more
signifi cant,” Schatz said. “It’s
important that leaders in
our community make public
statements.” Even though the JFNA
decided on the initiative in
November, Jewish Federation
had no trouble putting the
event together. Th e biggest
tasks were scheduling speakers
and alerting local media
outlets. “It was an event that we felt
we had the bandwidth to put
together,” Schatz said.

Domb, a city council
member at-large, introduced
the speakers and served as
host. Balaban, the Rev. Lorina
Marshall-Blake, Kenney,
Bronstein, state Sen. Sharif
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

must continue to speak out and
condemn it,” he said. “It’s up to
us not to repeat the mistakes of
the past, and to celebrate our
diff erences.”
After the last speaker,
Kenney stepped back up
to light the menorah on the
podium. He lit the shamash
candle, then allowed other
dignitaries to light the candles
representing the fi rst three
nights of Chanukah.

Pennsylvania Attorney
General and Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Josh
Shapiro could not attend the
event but sent in a statement
for Goodman to read.

“I wanted to take a moment
to thank you for shining a light
on the antisemitism that still
infects our society,” he said.

“I wish you and your family a
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