When U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to honor 6 million Jews killed eight decades ago, his message will be as much about the present as the past.
Biden will speak to the existential threats faced by Jewish people seven months to the day since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 by Israeli tallies, in what Biden has called the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
Speaking at the Capitol, in a keynote address for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance, Biden will aim to cool an increasingly divided and divisive U.S. debate about Jewish security, Zionism, free speech and support for Israel, in the country with the largest Jewish population after Israel.
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What are your thoughts on the balance between free speech and the condemnation of hate speech in the context of antisemitism?
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Do you believe it's the role of a country's leader to take a stand on issues like antisemitism, and why?
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How do you feel about linking current events to historical tragedies in efforts to remember and prevent them?
