Political Quotes

“Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, and it is also called the Jewish New Year. It is one of the holiest days of the year in the Jewish faith for the Jewish people. Rosh Hashanah marks the anniversary of the creation of the world. It is a day for contemplation and prayer, to look forward to the year ahead, to reflect on past deeds, and to ask for God's forgiveness. As our friends prepare to celebrate their holiday, I think it is appropriate for us to take time to reflect on our own deeds and the state of tolerance or, as I am pained to say, the rise of intolerance toward the Jewish people. A number of Senators will be speaking on the topic this morning, and I do urge my colleagues to listen and follow the issue closely. A sampling of anti-Semitic incidents just this summer really does paint a disturbing picture. In Paris, anti-Semitic inscriptions were found stamped into a dozen books in the main library. The perpetrators stamped the edge of the books with the words 'Against the Jewish Mafia and Jewish Racism' and then gave the Web addresses of anti-Semitic sites. Anti-Semitic graffiti, including a sign saying 'death to Jews' and a swastika, was found scrawled on a wall on the grounds of Notre Dame Cathedral. Sixty gravestones were desecrated with swastikas in a Jewish cemetery in Lyon. France was not alone. Last month, in Germany, thugs vandalized a Jewish monument. In Belgium, four Jewish teenagers were assaulted.”