; Whereas, on August 12, 2017, White supremacist Richard Spencer led a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where hundreds of his followers chanted, Jews will not replace us , and this extremist demonstration turned violent when a neo-Nazi sympathizer drove a vehicle into a crowd, which resulted in the death of one peaceful demonstrator, and two Virginia State police officers died in the line of duty that day as well; Whereas, as a result of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, Jewish students on college campuses across America have been exposed to rampant anti-Semitism; Whereas learning how and why the Holocaust happened in schools would provide context for students to learn about the history of anti-Semitism; Whereas since its creation in 1948, Israel has served as a refuge for Jews around the world to escape persecution; and Whereas there has also been a significant amount of other anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred in the United States and around the world that must be strongly condemned: Now, therefore, be it