Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will travel to Columbus for the U.S. Conference of Mayors to discuss antisemitism.
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will join the United States Conference of Mayors at a roundtable discussion in Columbus Monday to present efforts toEmhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will travel to Columbus for the 91st annual United States Conference of Mayors meeting, hosted by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, to present a bipartisan plan to counter antisemitism in response to the, created by the Biden-Harris Administration and launched on Thursday.
During the launch of the counter-antisemitism strategy, Emhoff, who is Jewish, said the rates of antisemitic hate crimes are the highest they have ever been and that 63% of religion-motivated hate crimes in the nation are targeted towards Jews, despite consisting of 2% of the United States' population.
"In Ohio we saw a 37% increase, so we are above that national average when we're looking at antisemitic incidents here in Ohio," Fishman said.
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