Public Letter Supporting Summer Lee Against Harmful AIPAC Attacks As Jewish Americans living in the Pittsburgh area, we are expressing our public support for PA-12 Democratic congressional nominee Summer Lee, and condemning AIPAC's harmful efforts to attack Lee and flip an historically Democratic-held seat with control of Congress at stake by electing her anti-choice Republican opponent. In Congress, Summer Lee will fight for our community’s values and needs. From standing up for women's rights to protecting our democracy, she is the person we need to represent us at this pivotal moment in history – and would make history as the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. We are appalled that after spending over $25 million in Democratic primaries on ads that claimed to care about democratic values and priorities – including millions of dollars here in Pittsburgh – AIPAC’s SuperPAC “ United Democracy Project” is now spending over $1 million to attack Summer Lee as extreme, and to support her Republican opponent. We’re also outraged that at this critical moment in American history, AIPAC has chosen to cast Democrats like Lee as extremists, while continuing to endorse 109 GOP Members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results on January 6th. We also condemn AIPAC’s endorsement of lawmakers who have promoted the antisemitic “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory that helped inspire the murder of eleven members of the three synagogues housed at Tree of Life. Clearly, their definition of “extreme” is completely opposite to that held by the majority of American Jews – who worry about the stark rise in antisemitism and white nationalism in our state and in our country. All of us in the American Jewish community and beyond who are concerned about the survival of democracy in the United States and around the world should do what we can to support candidates like Summer Lee up and down the ballot – and to make clear that the harmful actions of AIPAC do not speak for us. Sincerely, Susan Abramson Joshua Allenberg Debbey Altman-Diamant Jay Aronson Jon Arnold Anna Bailes Susan Bails Carolyn Ban Charlie Baron Elaine Beck Marlene Behrmann Cohen Michael Berger Sherle Berger Sarah Berman Nancy Bernstein Aya Betensky Jacobo Bielak Joyce Bielak Neal Bisno Stacy Bodow Steven Boksenbaum Joshua Breslau Frances Brody Sandy Budd James-Brian Byers Maria Carson Benjamin Case Sara Chandler Deborah Cherry Jessica Christie Susan Cohen Julia Cohen Arielle Cohen William Cohen Brian Cohen Ronnie Cook Zuhlke Donna Coufal Anna Coufal Karla Cowden-Bolster Zelda Curtiss Phyllis Davidson Kipp Dawson Marshall Dayan Steffi Domike Art Donsky Tamara Dubowitz Rabbi Doris Dyen Paul Eiss Amro El-Jaroudi Richard Engel Yael Engel Ray Engel Judith Esman Barry Farkas Tawnya Farris Marvin Fein Michele Feingold Ed Feinstein Arthur Feldman Carl Fertman Mark Fichman Alan Finkelstein Seth Finn Andi Fischhoff Mindy Fleishman Josh Fleitman Lorrie Flom Andrea Fox Lawrence Freedman Erika Freiberger Michal Friedman Shiri Friedman Joshua Friedman Jonathan Friedman Donna Gensler James Gibson Barbara Gibson Joanne Gilligan Andrea Glickman Nettie Glickman Jess Gold Pam Goldman Leah Goldman Sara Goodkind Janice Gordon Joan Gordon Susan Gottfried Aviva Greenwell Daniel Gup Maya Haber Charles Hammersmith Emma Hance Pam Harbin Daniel Heifetz Karrin Herring Bruce Herschlag Jodi Hirsh Harry Hochheiser Elena Hochheiser Thomas Hoffman Laura Horowitz Mary Hutchins Missy Jacobson Carol James Dennis Jett Noa Jett Emma Kagan Dana Kellerman Miriam Kenton David Kinderlehrer Stefi Kirschner Stanley Kirshenbaum Rebecca Klaw Terri Klein Vincent Kolb Mary Korytkowski Kathy Kottler RobertKraftowitz Rachel Kranson Rosabel Kurth Josh Kutz-Flamenbaum Eric Lantzman Frances Lasday Diane Lassman David Lassman Dale Lazar Lynn Lazar Kerry Lazarus Sherri Leifman Dade Lemanski Donna Lenkner Nancy Levine Michele Levine Elinor Levine Sheldon Levine Laura Lewis Jane Liebschutz Abigail Lis-Perlis Nora Lohmann Louise R Malakoff Ilyssa Manspeizer Craig Marcus Hadassah Max Rebecca Mayer Jonathan Mayo Louise Mayo Mike McCampbell Sally Merar Amy Merritt Liz Miller Molly Miller Karen Miyares John Modell Scott Morgenstern Karen Morris Barbara Murock Nathaniel Myers Jon Nadle Elinor Nathanson Esther Nathanson Edie Naveh Jacob Naveh Jessica Neiss Anne-Marie Nelson Julie Newman Cathy Noga Gene Parsons E. 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