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Trump Denounces Anti-Semitism in Forceful Condemnation

by a recent White House
statement on the Holo-
caust, comments by some
of his supporters and his
own fractious exchange
with a reporter for an Or-
thodox Jewish publication.
Trump’s latest remarks,
made at the newly
opened National Museum
of African American His-
tory and Culture, marked
the first time he directly ad-
dressed recent incidents
of anti-Semitism. Earlier in
the day, the White House
put out a statement de-
nouncing “hatred and
hate-motivated violence”
but not mentioning Jews,
the weekend vandalism at
a Jewish cemetery or mul-
tiple threats to community
centers Monday.
Eleven Jewish community
centers across the coun-
try received telephoned
bomb threats, according
to the JCC Association of
North America. Like three
waves of similar phone
calls in January, the new
President Donald Trump speaks in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The president denounced threats against Jewish commu- threats proved to be hoax-
nity centers as “horrible,” his first forceful statement against anti-Semitism. Earlier botched attempts to address the issue and an
angry encounter with a Jewish reporter last week have fueled concerns that Trump emboldens bigots. es, the association said in a
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) statement. In addition, as
many as 200 headstones
CATHERINE LUCEY Tuesday condemned re- and evil, his first full-throat- With his somewhat de- were damaged or tipped
JIM SALTER cent threats against Jew- ed comments on the rise layed denunciation, Trump over at a Jewish cemetery
Associated Press ish community centers in of anti-Semitic venom after sought to reset his relation- in suburban St. Louis late
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- the U.S. as “painful remind- pressure for him to speak ship with American Jews, Sunday or early Monday.
dent Donald Trump on ers” of lingering prejudice out forcefully. which has been strained Continued on page 3