G.N. panel discusses fighting antisemitism

BY ROBERT PELAEZ

A crowd of approximately 100 people at Young Israel of Great Neck participated in a discussion on the prevalence of antisemitism and ways to combat it on Tuesday night.

Attendees were treated to a panel consisting of Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, Jewish rights activist Rudy Rochman, Young Israel Rabbi Shmuel Ismach, Andrea Bolender from Voices4Truth and Avi Posnick from StandWithUs. Rochman said antisemitism becomes more exposed when the Jewish community strays from what their purpose and true identity is.

“If our people know who they are and are able to reconnect back to our roots and to our values and to actually achieve our aspirations, I can guarantee that antisemitism will go away,” Rochman said.

The 29-year-old uses social media to connect with an audience to not only fght antisemitism but to promote the Jewish community to celebrate everyone’s respected heritage and origins. Simply talking about antisemitism, he said, is not enough to combat it.

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