Title: A resolution condemning the horrific anti-Semitic attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 2019.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution condemns the attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 2019.
It honors the memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was killed.
It expresses hope for recovery of the three individuals who were injured.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 231 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 231

  Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic attack on the Chabad of Poway 
        Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 2019.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2019

  Ms. Harris (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               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;
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

    (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
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) condemns the horrific anti-Semitic attack on the Chabad 
        of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 
        2019, which killed 1 individual and injured 3 others;
            (2) honors the memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was killed 
        in the attack;
            (3) expresses hope for a full and speedy recovery for the 
        individuals injured in the attack;
            (4) offers heartfelt condolences to--
                    (A) the Chabad of Poway congregation;
                    (B) the San Diego area Jewish community; and
                    (C) the friends and family of those individuals 
                affected by the tragedy;
            (5) recognizes the dedicated service of the law enforcement 
        emergency response officials and medical professionals who 
        responded to the attack and cared for the victims; and
            (6) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to 
        condemn--
                    (A) anti-Semitism;
                    (B) White supremacy;
                    (C) White nationalism; and
                    (D) all forms of hatred.
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