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Federal Judge Roy K. Altman Urges Local Leaders to Confront Antisemitism in City Hall Address
Summary
U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman spoke at the Aventura City Commission meeting about rising antisemitism, recounting visits to Holocaust memorials and recent violence and urging moral clarity from leaders and institutions; Mayor Howard Weinberg presented a certificate of special recognition.
U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman told the Aventura City Commission on a June meeting night that leaders and institutions must confront rising antisemitism and correct what he called dangerous false narratives.
Altman recounted visits he leads for federal judges to Israel and his group's work at Holocaust memorials, saying those firsthand experiences inform his view that recent campus protests, media narratives and public rhetoric have helped normalize “lies” about Israel that can lead to violence. “When you tell a lie long enough, when you tell it loudly enough, when you tell it to enough people and you repeat it over and…
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