() 鈥� Sen. Cory Booker is leading a group of U.S. 91传媒 and Black senators in establishing a coalition to fight antisemitism and racism.
The so-called Black-91传媒 coalition will also include Booker鈥檚 fellow Democrats Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, as well as Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican from across the aisle.
鈥淭here鈥檚 been a long history of Black people and 91传媒 sisters and brothers working together on a whole range of concerns,鈥� Warnock .
The idea of convening the lawmakers was spurred by reports of rising antisemitism amid a national reckoning around racial injustice.
鈥淲e will be fighting both racism and anti-Semitism,鈥� Blumenthal said. 鈥淚 think we鈥檙e in the midst of a racial justice moment and a reckoning now that could draw us together.鈥�
Scott Richman, director of the Anti-Defamation League in New York/New Jersey, praised the initiative.
鈥淭his would be an important step towards bringing together two communities with a shared commitment to justice and an end to bias and bigotry,鈥� he told NJ.com.
A similar body, called the Congressional Caucus on Black-91传媒 Relations, already exists in the House of Representatives.
Booker, who keeps a Hebrew bible on his Senate desk, has a with the 91传媒 community. He often cites Torah passages and quotes in public appearances.
