Ohio Mayors and Municipal Leaders Stand with AJC Against Antisemitism

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Ohio Mayors and Municipal Leaders Stand with AJC Against Antisemitism One Year After Pittsburgh, Gather, Remember, Act. Thank You to These Ohio Mayors and Municipal Leaders for Standing with AJC Against Antisemitism We, the undersigned mayors and municipal leaders of Ohio, join communal, were the most frequently targeted religious group in 2019, AJC in honoring the memory of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting accounting for almost 60% of all religious-based hate crime incidents. victims. When hate rears its ugly head anywhere in our state, we will As antisemitic incidents, hate speech, and threats have increased in rise to confront it with solidarity and determination. We stand against recent years, we commit to work within and across our communities to antisemitism and all forms of hatred. confront hate and bias crimes. We recognize that antisemitism represents October 27, 2019, marks one year since the horrific events at the Tree a unique and enduring millennia-old loathing of the Jewish people. of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that tragically took Hence, we, the undersigned, call on people of good conscience in Ohio the life of eleven worshipers and injured seven more in the deadliest and around the globe to #ShowUpForShabbat on Friday, October 25, antisemitic attack in American history. Only months later, a second or Saturday, October 26, 2019. Let us express our solidarity as we fill deadly attack on worshipers occurred during the Jewish holiday of synagogues and raise our collective voice to promote a world free of Passover, at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California, in which one antisemitism, hate, and bigotry. person was killed and three were injured. Furthermore, we, the undersigned, do hereby declare October 27, The FBI’s most recent report on hate crimes reveals a 37% increase in 2019, as a day of action to combat antisemitism and reaffirm our antisemitic hate crimes in the United States. FBI statistics demonstrate commitment to opposing all forms of hatred and discrimination and to that Jewish people and Jewish institutions, both religious and ensuring the safety and dignity of our residents and communities. AKRON CLAYTON VILLAGE OF GOLF MANOR NEW ALBANY SOUTH EUCLID Mayor Dan Horrigan Councilmember Dennis Lieberman Mayor Stefan C. Densmore Mayor Sloan T. Spalding Mayor Georgine Welo AMBERLEY VILLAGE CLEVELAND HUBER HEIGHTS VILLAGE OF NORTH BEND ST. BERNARD Mayor Thomas C. Muething Mayor Frank G. Jackson City Manager Rob Schommer Mayor Doug Sammons Mayor John R. Estep BAY VILLAGE CLEVELAND HEIGHTS INDEPENDENCE NORWOOD STRONGSVILLE Mayor Paul Koomar Mayor Carol Roe Mayor Anthony Togliatti Mayor Thomas F. Williams Mayor Thomas P. Perciak BEACHWOOD COLUMBUS LAKEWOOD OLMSTED FALLS TOLEDO Mayor Martin S. Horwitz Mayor Andrew J. Ginther Mayor Michael P. Summers Mayor James P. Graven Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz BEDFORD CUYAHOGA COUNTY VILLAGE OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS ORANGE VILLAGE TROTWOOD Mayor Stan Koci County Executive Armond Budish Mayor Ruby Kinsey Mumphrey Mayor Kathy Urdang Mulcahy Mayor Mary A. McDonald BEDFORD HEIGHTS DAYTON LOVELAND PARMA UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS Mayor Fletcher Berger Mayor Nan Whaley Mayor Kathy Bailey Mayor Tim DeGeeter Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan VILLAGE OF BENTLEYVILLE DEER PARK LYNDHURST PEPPER PIKE VILLAGE OF WALTON HILLS Mayor Leonard A. Spremulli Mayor John D. Donnellon Mayor Patrick A. Ward Mayor Richard M. Bain Mayor Donald Kolograf BEXLEY EUCLID MADERIA READING WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS Mayor Ben Kessler Mayor Kirsten H. Gail Mayor Traci Theis Mayor Robert Bemmes Mayor Bradley D. Sellers BLUE ASH VILLAGE OF FARMERSVILLE MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS RICHMOND HEIGHTS WHITEHALL Mayor Marc Sirkin Mayor Daryl E. Weller Mayor Matthew Castelli Mayor David H. Roche Mayor Kim Maggard BRATENAHL VILLAGE OF FAIRFAX MIDDLETOWN RIVERSIDE VILLAGE OF WOODMERE Mayor John M. Licastro Mayor Carson Shelton Mayor Lawrence Mulligan, Jr. Mayor William R. Flaute Mayor Benjamin I. Holbert, III BROOK PARK FAIRFIELD MONTGOMERY SHAKER HEIGHTS WORTHINGTON Mayor Mike Gammella Mayor Steve Miller Mayor Christopher P. Dobrozsi Mayor David E. Weiss Mayor Scott Holmes BROOKLYN FOREST PARK VILLAGE OF MORELAND HILLS SILVERTON WYOMING Mayor Katherine Gallagher Mayor Charles H. Johnson Mayor Susan C. Renda Mayor John Smith Mayor Barry S. Porter CHEVIOT GATES MILLS VILLAGE MOUNT HEALTHY SOLON YOUNGSTOWN Mayor Samuel D. Keller Mayor Karen E. Schneider Mayor James Wolf Mayor Edward H. Kraus Mayor Jamael Tito Brown CINCINNATI as of 10/18/19 Mayor John Cranley #ShowUpForShabbat • October 25-26 • AJC.org/ShowUpForShabbat AJC.org /AJCGlobal @AJCGlobal.
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