The nation’s major Jewish periodicals have issued a first-of-its-kind joint editorial sounding the alarm on rising anti-Semitism in the US following the murder of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.
The editorial, which appeared in 15 newspapers and magazines across the country, was drafted by the editors of the Algemeiner and The Forward — two outlets with often opposing political views.
“This is the first time this has ever happened in the U.S. All the major Jewish newspapers in the US have posted this joint editorial,” Algemeiner editor-in-chief Dovid Efune told The Post.
“For many Jews, the United States has long held a unique role in our collective imagination. It has been an unprecedented land of promise, of refuge, of freedom, opportunity and of safety,” reads the editorial, penned by Efune and Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner.
“But after the horrific attack this past Shabbat at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in which 11 of our brothers and sisters were brutally murdered, we can’t help but be shaken and concerned for the America we have come to know and love.”
The editorial called for unity among the Jewish press.
“As journalists, we hold a variety of opinions about politics in this country and in Israel; the American Jewish community is diverse, and those differences are reflected on the pages of its media,” the letter reads. “In coming together now, we are not erasing those differences, but rising above them, to issue a call for solidarity and respect, and asking our political and communal leaders to do the same.
“We are all Jews. Let this horrific massacre be a moment of redemption as well as grieving. Let us acknowledge our common humanity with other Americans who have been subject to unconscionable violence, too.”
Hate-filled gunman Robert Bowers allegedly opened fire inside Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday, killing 11 people in the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history.