The Simon Wiesenthal Center stands with the Jewish community of Colorado and with every community now living in fear because hatred of Jews has once again resulted in physical violence against Jews. Silence and inaction in the face of this onslaught is complicity.

We are grateful to Colorado law enforcement for stopping what could have been a catastrophic loss of life, but police cannot carry this burden alone. Our political, academic, and civic leaders must finally meet this moment with unflinching clarity, action, and policy.

The nonstop demonization of Israel and Zionism on our campuses, in our streets, and across digital platforms has created a climate where hate flourishes and physical attacks—even murder—of Jews is inevitable.”

“Both attacks are the direct result of months of anti-Israel propaganda, moral equivocation, and silence in the face of raging antisemitism.

On May 21, two Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down in cold blood in Washington, D.C., and now the extremist violence has come to Boulder, CO,” said Simon Wiesenthal Center CEO Jim Berk.

“This marks the second violent assault on Jewish and pro-Israel civilians in the U.S. in less than two weeks—a chilling escalation that cannot be dismissed as coincidence.

This afternoon in Boulder, Colorado, a man threw a Molotov cocktail into a peaceful solidarity walk calling for the release of 58 hostages still held by Hamas—a humanitarian cause that should unite, not divide.