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American rabbis cancel High Holy Days White House call over Trump’s Charlottesville comments

Groups across the religious spectrum accuse president of ‘giving succour to those who advocate antisemitism’

August 24, 2017 08:59
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Four American rabbinical groups have cancelled an annual presidential pre-High Holidays conference call, accusing Donald Trump of giving “succour” to antisemites and citing his “lack of moral leadership and empathy for the victims of religious hatred”.

The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Rabbinical Assembly, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and the Religious Action Centre for Reform Judaism announced yesterday that “we cannot organise such a call this year.

“The President’s words have given succour to those who advocate antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia”, the statement continued.

“Responsibility for the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, including the death of Heather Heyer, does not lie with many sides but with one side: the Nazis, alt-right and white supremacists who brought their hate to a peaceful community. They must be roundly condemned at all levels”.