ASSEMBLY HOMELAND SECURITY AND STATE PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 216

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 14, 2021

            The Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee reports favorably Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 216.

      As reported by the committee, the Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 216 condemns anti-Semitism. The substitute details the rise in incidents and expressions of anti-Semitism globally, nationally, and in the State of New Jersey over the past decade.

      Accordingly, the substitute condemns all forms of anti-Semitism; rejects attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred; applauds leaders in New Jersey, the United States and globally for condemning anti-Semitism; supports expanded Holocaust education programs; recommends utilizing the United States Department of State and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition, along with examples of anti-Semitism as educational resources when investigating acts of and collecting data on anti-Semitism; and calls upon New Jersey citizens and State government entities to continue their vigilant efforts to prevent and report acts of anti-Semitism, hate crimes, and other violations of human rights and religious freedom.