Subject: Re: for edits: Draft Yom Hashoah statement
From: "Weinberg, Aaron" <[email-masked]>
To: Sarah Farhadian <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Banfill, Ryan" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "P. Aikowsky" <[email-masked]>, Kate Houghton <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 15:01:48 -0700

I'm good with these changes.

Aaron

Aaron Weinberg
Director of Jewish Engagement
Democratic National Committee
Cell: 847.848.2968

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On May 5, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Sarah Farhadian <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

We need to be careful not to imply that Trump is a Nazi or that if you remember the Holocaust, you will vote for Democrats. I would revise the last paragraph to read something along the lines of:

The lessons of the Holocaust are especially important to remember during election season, when the rhetoric of national politics will no doubt get heated and our differences will be be exposed on the national stage. On this Yom Hashoah, let us recommit ourselves to the American values of inclusion and diversity, and reject fear-mongering or the denigration of any group of people because of their faith, race or gender. Let us pledge today to continue to work to stop bigotry and hatred, knowing that our nation will be stronger for it.”

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Banfill, Ryan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
I'm good.

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On May 5, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Weinberg, Aaron <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Sarah, Steve, Kate, and Ryan,

Are we good with this statement?

Aaron

Aaron Weinberg
Director of Jewish Engagement
Democratic National Committee
Cell: 847.848.2968<tel:847.848.2968>

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From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: May 5, 2016 at 4:02:48 PM EDT
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Subject: RE: for edits: Draft Yom Hashoah statement

Aaron, please run the traps

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From: "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: 05/05/2016 3:49 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Weinberg, Aaron" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Kate Houghton <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Ryan Banfill <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: for edits: Draft Yom Hashoah statement

For Immediate Release
May 5, 2016
Contact – DNC Press 202-863-8148<tel:202-863-8148>

DNC Chair Statement on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day

“Today we honor and remember the stories of the six million Jews and millions of others who died in the Holocaust. We also celebrate the lives of those who survived, and the heroes who courageously fought the forces of ignorance, hatred, bigotry and brutality to end the Nazi regime and forge a brighter future for mankind.

“Although the final days of the Holocaust are in our past, we must forever carry its lessons in our hearts and remain ever-vigilant not to repeat the same mistakes. Just last week, in my home state, the FBI thwarted a plot by a man who was trying to bomb the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center. So our work is never finished, and we must work together to confront this kind of hatred and call out those who would incite others to violence wherever and whenever they do.

“The lessons of the Holocaust are especially important to remember this election season when the rhetoric of national politics will do doubt get heated, and our differences will be tested by those who wish to turn those differences into hard divisions. But the Democratic Party stands for inclusion and diversity. And we will not stand for fear-mongering or the denigration of any group of people because of their faith, race or gender. We will continue to work to stop bigotry and hatred, and our nation will be stronger for it.”

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