{"id":9514,"date":"2024-08-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?p=9514"},"modified":"2024-08-09T17:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:21:23","slug":"jcpa-statement-marking-seven-years-since-charlottesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/news\/jcpa-statement-marking-seven-years-since-charlottesville\/","title":{"rendered":"JCPA Statement Marking Seven Years Since Charlottesville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven Years Since Charlottesville, We Must Stand Together Against Extremism and Hate<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This Sunday, August 11th and Monday, August 12th will mark seven years since the \u201cUnite the Right\u201d violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, when neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched with torches chanting \u201cJews will not replace us,\u201d and violently targeted peaceful counter-protestors, ultimately killing Heather Heyer and injuring many others.<\/p>\n

Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, previously led the organization that successfully sued the neo-Nazis and hate groups responsible for the Charlottesville violence.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

She issued the following statement on this tragic anniversary:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the core of the Charlottesville violence were \u2018replacement\u2019 and \u2018invasion\u2019 conspiracy theories rooted in the lie that Jews are diluting white power through support for immigrants, communities of color, and others. In the seven years since, this extremism hasn\u2019t just fueled a cycle of deadly violence \u2013 it has gone fully mainstream in our politics through dehumanizing rhetoric and policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese increasingly normalized conspiracy theories directly spurred the mass shootings in Buffalo, El Paso, Pittsburgh, and Poway targeting the Black, Latino, and Jewish communities. On January 6, 2021, the same people who promoted that extremism – rooted in false claims of a conspiracy to steal the election – incited a violent insurrection. And now some of these same extremists are advancing Project 2025, which aims to \u2018solve\u2019 these dangerous \u2018invasion\u2019 and \u2018replacement\u2019 lies via mass deportations, ending programs focused on equity and inclusion, and rolling back civil rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Jews, we know precisely where this extremism leads – for us, for all communities, and for our democracy. There is a direct link between the embrace of these conspiracy theories and dehumanizing ideas \u2014 and real, political violence. The violence in Charlottesville seven years ago – and the cycle of extremism it previewed – makes crystal clear that when one community is unsafe, all of us are unsafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur safety and our futures are intertwined, and it demands that we fight this hate and extremism wherever it exists. That\u2019s why JCPA is mobilizing with our partners through our new Action Networks<\/a>, recognizing that Jewish safety is inextricably linked with the safety of all communities and a strong democracy that rejects extremism and hate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seven Years Since Charlottesville, We Must Stand Together Against Extremism and Hate This Sunday, August 11th and Monday, August 12th will mark seven years since the \u201cUnite the Right\u201d violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, when neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched with torches chanting \u201cJews will not replace us,\u201d and violently targeted peaceful counter-protestors, ultimately killing Heather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJCPA Statement Marking Seven Years Since Charlottesville - Jewish Council for Public Affairs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/news\/jcpa-statement-marking-seven-years-since-charlottesville\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JCPA Statement Marking Seven Years Since Charlottesville - 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