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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 364 

Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic attack on the Chabad of Poway 

Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 2019. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2019 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. LEVIN of California, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 

PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. ROUDA, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. TORRES of 

California, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. COHEN, Mr. VARGAS, 

Ms. HILL of California, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

ENGEL, Ms. DELBENE, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. BACON, Ms. OMAR, 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. BASS, Ms. MENG, 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. DEUTCH, and Mr. KILMER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 

Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic attack on the Chabad 

of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 

27, 2019. 

Whereas on April 27, 2019, a 19-year-old armed with an assault rifle attacked the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near 

San Diego, California, while congregants were celebrating 

the last day of the Passover holiday; 

Whereas the gunman wounded Almog Peretz, Noya Dahan, 

and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein; 


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Whereas Lori Gilbert Kaye, a founding member of the congregation, was killed while bravely saving the life of 

Rabbi Goldstein; 

Whereas, in describing the attack, Rabbi Goldstein said— 

(1) ‘‘Lori took the bullet for all of us. She died to 

protect all of us’’; and 

(2) ‘‘This is Lori. This is her legacy, and her legacy 

will continue. It could have been so much worse.’’; 

Whereas Oscar Stewart, a veteran of the Army, and Jonathan Morales, a border patrol agent, bravely fought back, 

running toward the perpetrator of the attack; 

Whereas law enforcement and first responders, including the 

San Diego Sheriff’s Department, acted quickly and professionally to respond to the attack and care for the victims; 

Whereas the perpetrator of the attack, who expressed White 

supremacist and White nationalist sentiments, entered 

the synagogue shouting anti-Semitic slurs; 

Whereas the attack occurred 6 months to the day after the 

attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania, which killed 11 innocent people and injured 6 others, including 4 law enforcement officers; 

Whereas anti-Semitism is an age-old form of prejudice, discrimination, persecution, and marginalization of Jewish 

people that runs counter to the values of the United 

States; 

Whereas, according to an annual audit conducted by the 

Anti-Defamation League, in 2018— 

(1) anti-Semitic incidents remained at near-historic 

levels in the United States; and 


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(2) the number of anti-Semitic incidents with known 

connections to extremists or inspired by extremist ideology reached the highest levels since 2004; 

Whereas, in a manifesto attributed to the perpetrator of the 

attack, the perpetrator of the attack claimed responsibility for the burning of a mosque in Escondido, California, and demonstrated anti-Muslim bias; 

Whereas growing White supremacy and White nationalism 

is— 

(1) a threat to the security of the United States; 

and 

(2) antithetical to the American values of dignity 

and respect of all people, including Jewish, Muslim, 

Black, Latino, Asian American, immigrant, and LGBTQ 

peoples; and 

Whereas hate has no place in the United States and there is 

a duty to condemn all forms of hatred: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the horrific anti-Semitic attack 

3 on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, 

4 California, on April 27, 2019, which killed 1 indi5 vidual and injured 3 others; 

6 (2) honors the memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, 

7 who was killed in the attack; 

8 (3) expresses hope for a full and speedy recov9 ery for the individuals injured in the attack; 

10 (4) offers heartfelt condolences to— 

11 (A) the Chabad of Poway congregation; 


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1 (B) the San Diego area Jewish community; 

2 and 

3 (C) the friends and family of those individ4 uals affected by the tragedy; 

5 (5) recognizes the dedicated service of the law 

6 enforcement emergency response officials and med7 ical professionals who responded to the attack and 

8 cared for the victims; and 

9 (6) reaffirms the commitment of the United 

10 States to condemn— 

11 (A) anti-Semitism; 

12 (B) White supremacy; 

13 (C) White nationalism; and 

14 (D) all forms of hatred. 

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