Falling down on antisemitism is another grim example of Sen. Bob Caseys lame leadership

A Jewish friend recently told my wife Dina and me that after Oct.7 a flare went up and lit the sky, and the Jewish community looked around to see who was standing with them.In the aftermath of Oct.

7, Dina and I traveled to Israel to show solidarity with Israelis and see for ourselves what happened on that terrible day.I’ll never forget our visit to Kfar Aza and meeting with the families of hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza.This is a time for strong leadership and moral clarity, nothing less.

I will always stand with Israel and the Jewish people.Not so for Sen.Bob Casey (D-Pa.).Casey claims that, after 18 years in Washington, he’s a serious legislator who gets things done for his constituents.

But in reality, my opponent is too weak to get a vote on a straightforward bill to prevent antisemitism.The anniversary of last year’s brutal massacre in Israel by Hamas of nearly 1,200 people, including more than 40 Americans, is quickly approaching.But Casey and his colleagues are about to leave DC for the campaign trail without strengthening our laws to combat antisemitism on college campuses here at home.This is unacceptable, and it shows how weak Casey is.In May, a strong, bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives passed legislation that would require the Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism when enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws.This definition is important because it acknowledges that denying Jewish self-determination to their ancestral homeland of Israel and applying double standards to Israel are antisemitic.Bob Casey is the lead Democrat sponsor of this legislation in the Senate, yet the bill has languished for nearly five months without a floor vote.

He is a close ally of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), but when it comes to antisemitism, Casey can’t even get a vote.This is unsurprising.After 18 years, Pennsylvanians struggle to name a s...