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In Boston, a local rabbi is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center after being stabbed eight times outside of Shaloh House synagogue in Brighton. Khaled Awad, 24, was taken into custody on charges of assault and battery for stabbing Rabbi Shlomo Noginski.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) tweeted last night, “Rabbi Noginski and his family are in my prayers tonight… Antisemitism is a clear and persistent threat to our communities.”
House Republicans on Thursday sought to frame a procedural vote — this one seeking to block passage of a Democratic infrastructure bill — as a Democratic vote against Israel.
Without making further changes, the House Appropriations Committee voted 32-25 to advance the 2022 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs funding bill to the full House. While some Republicans voiced concerns during Thursday’s meeting about conditions on aid to Egypt, none introduced amendments on the measure.
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Senators advocate funding boost for State Department antisemitism envoy office

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With antisemitic incidents on the rise globally, a bipartisan group of senators is calling for a $250,000 funding boost for the office of the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism in 2022, Jewish Insider’s Marc Rod reports.
Letter writing: Twenty-eight senators urged Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — the two ranking members of the Senate Appropriations State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs subcommittee — to provide a total of $1.25 million for the office in the 2022 budget, up from $1 million in 2021, in a letter sent June 28. The House Appropriations Committee approved a draft 2022 State and Foreign Operations budget bill Thursday afternoon, including a recommendation for at least $1 million for the office.
On the rise: The senators point to the recent global rise in antisemitic incidents, as well as the envoy’s elevation to ambassador status last year. “Providing additional funds in [fiscal year] 2021 will ensure the State Department has the resources to… continue building on United States leadership in combating antisemitism internationally,” the letter reads. “Specifically, these funds would support the Special Envoy’s efforts to improve the safety and security of at-risk Jewish communities, combat online radicalization, ensure public officials and faith leaders condemn anti-Semitic discourse, and strengthen judicial systems in their prosecution of anti-Semitic incidents.”
Quotable: Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), who led the letter with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), told JI: “We can put a stop to these hateful and threatening acts, but we must do so forcefully and with clear resolve… We must ensure that this post is properly funded, and that the United States maintains its leadership role in combating global antisemitism. I am proud to lead my Senate colleagues in this bipartisan effort to fund the fight against antisemitic hate.”
Sign here: All but two of the signatories — Rounds and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) — are Democrats. They are Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tina Smith (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Chris Murphy (D-CT).