Public Letter Supporting Summer Lee Against Harmful AIPAC Attacks -

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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 Jay Aronson Susan Bails Joshua Allenberg Jon Arnold Carolyn Ban Debbey Altman-Diamant Anna Bailes Charlie Baron Elaine Beck Amro El-Jaroudi Daniel Gup Marlene Behrmann Richard Engel Maya Haber Cohen Yael Engel Charles Hammersmith Michael Berger Ray Engel Emma Hance Sherle Berger Judith Esman Pam Harbin Sarah Berman Barry Farkas Daniel Heifetz Nancy Bernstein Tawnya Farris Karrin Herring Aya Betensky Marvin Fein Bruce Herschlag Jacobo Bielak Michele Feingold Jodi Hirsh Joyce Bielak Ed Feinstein Harry Hochheiser Neal Bisno Arthur Feldman Elena Hochheiser Stacy Bodow Carl Fertman Thomas Hoffman Steven Boksenbaum Mark Fichman Laura Horowitz Joshua Breslau Alan Finkelstein Mary Hutchins Frances Brody Seth Finn Missy Jacobson Sandy Budd Andi Fischhoff Carol James James-Brian Byers Mindy Fleishman Dennis Jett Maria Carson Josh Fleitman Noa Jett Benjamin Case Lorrie Flom Emma Kagan Sara Chandler Andrea Fox Dana Kellerman Deborah Cherry Lawrence Freedman Miriam Kenton Jessica Christie Erika Freiberger David Kinderlehrer Susan Cohen Michal Friedman Stefi Kirschner Julia Cohen Shiri Friedman Stanley Kirshenbaum Arielle Cohen Joshua Friedman Rebecca Klaw William Cohen Jonathan Friedman Terri Klein Brian Cohen Donna Gensler Vincent Kolb Ronnie Cook Zuhlke James Gibson Mary Korytkowski Donna Coufal Barbara Gibson Kathy Kottler Anna Coufal Joanne Gilligan RobertKraftowitz Karla Cowden-Bolster Andrea Glickman Rachel Kranson Zelda Curtiss Nettie Glickman Rosabel Kurth Phyllis Davidson Jess Gold Josh Kutz-Flamenbaum Kipp Dawson Pam Goldman Eric Lantzman Marshall Dayan Leah Goldman Frances Lasday Steffi Domike Sara Goodkind Diane Lassman Art Donsky Janice Gordon David Lassman Tamara Dubowitz Joan Gordon Dale Lazar Rabbi Doris Dyen Susan Gottfried Lynn Lazar Paul Eiss Aviva Greenwell Kerry Lazarus Sherri Leifman David Plaut Leah Siebold Dade Lemanski Dorothy Pollon Tzipora Simone Donna Lenkner Lara Putnam Eden Sittsamer Nancy Levine Martin Rafanan Rayden Sorock Michele Levine Jennifer Rafanan Sara Stock Mayo Elinor Levine Kennedy Christine Stone Sheldon Levine Adi Rapport E.J. 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