With the October 7 attacks on Israel came a revelation of the deep-seated corruption and bigotry of the American education system. Pro-Hamas protests broke out on college campuses across the United States, many with the blessing of school administrators and faculty, revealing decades of antisemitic propaganda and sentiment in American academia being passed on the next generations.
The reluctancy of the Biden-Harris administration to fully support Israel in their existential war with Hamas and to condemn the pro-Hamas protests happening on college campuses further reinforced the startling reality of antisemitism in America.
CPAC joined a panel at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism to address how to combat antisemitism in America. With President Trump in the Oval Office, U.S.-Israel relations are sure to strengthen, but it’s not enough to rely on our government leaders to address bigotry.
“We have to stop relying on the government and politicians to solve our problems,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp.
That’s why CPAC has founded the CPAC Center to Combat Antisemitism with the support of leaders in the Jewish American community, Julie Strauss Levin and Yitz Tendler. It will take private citizens, banding together, to eliminate this bigotry from the land of the free. It will even take reaching across aisles and making new alliances.
“It is repugnant to think the people of the Bible would be treated in such a fashion,” said Matt Schlapp. “We’re going to work on this at CPAC. We’re going to work on combating antisemitism with people who aren’t conservative, with people who don’t share our views on other topics. Fine! If you can agree with us on this topic, let’s go get this done.”
Israel is fighting an existential war, and the hatred that instigated and is fueling that war must be squashed around the world. CPAC’s new Center to Combat Antisemitism is sending the message that bigotry will not tolerated in America.
As Matt and Mercedes Schlapp’s fellow panelist, Pastor Larry Huch urged, “Let’s speak up. Let’s stand up, and together, we’re going to defeat antisemitism.”
