WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced Senate Resolution 288, a bipartisan resolution condemning the rise in violent antisemitic attacks across the country.

Citing the attempted murder in Boulder, Colo., the arson attack on the Pennsylvania governor’s residence, and the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capitol Jewish Museum, McCormick and Fetterman, along with 34 of their colleagues, remain unified in denouncing anti-Jewish hatred.

“Antisemitism has no place in America,” McCormick said. “Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Jewish community has faced unprecedented and persistent antisemitic hate and violence. This hatred cannot stand. Living in Squirrel Hill, right around the corner from the site of the devastating Tree of Life Synagogue attack in 2018, really brings this issue home for me. Protecting my friends and neighbors, and all Jewish people across the country, must be a national priority. I’m proud to team up with Sen. Fetterman, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to unequivocally condemn the alarming surge in antisemitic hate across the country.”

“Amid a despicable rise in antisemitism, including the hateful arson at Gov. (Josh) Shapiro’s home in Pennsylvania, the shocking violence in Boulder, and the deadly attack on the Israeli embassy staff in D.C., we are starkly reminded that silence is complicity. These appalling attacks on our Jewish communities are not isolated events. After 11 lives were stolen at the Tree of Life massacre in 2018, I’ve felt an even stronger moral obligation to confront antisemitism wherever it appears and stand united against hate,” Fetterman said.

Congressman Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., introduced the House of Representatives companion to this resolution. The full lists of co-sponsors are available online.

“This resolution sends a clear message, and I am proud to see it introduced in the Senate,” Van Drew said. “The United States will not tolerate the rise in violent antisemitism we are seeing across the country. Jewish Americans are being threatened, harassed and attacked simply because of their faith, and that is completely unacceptable. I introduced this resolution because Congress has a responsibility to lead. We cannot look the other way when hatred and violence target our fellow Americans. The House stood together and made it clear that we are united in standing against antisemitism wherever it appears, and the Senate must do the same.”