"The roughly 100 people, including an eighth grade class, who fanned out across halls and offices at the state capitol in #Olympia, Wash., on Jan. 29 as part of #Jewish #LobbyDay was the largest attendance in a decade, according to the #JewishFederation of Greater #Seattle.

“We’re in a moment in time where the Jewish community is afraid,” #SollyKane, president and CEO of the Federation, told JNS. “We’ve seen a rise in #antisemitism, and we have deep concerns that we need our elected leaders to be conscious of our community and to take meaningful actions to ensure the safety and security of the Jewish people.”

The Federation believes in #freespeech and #civilrights, but there’s also “a right to exercise your #religion without that sort of disruption,” Kane said. “Everybody should be able to go to #synagogue on #Shabbat without being physically blocked by #protesters.”

#Jews in the state, and elsewhere, face a “tax” to remain safe."

https://www.jns.org/jewish-lobby-day-in-washington-state-draws-biggest-crowd-in-a-decade/