Halie Soifer says her transition from national security expert to political operative started with a crisis of violence: the deadly neo-Nazi march last summer in Charlottesville, Virginia.
'''“President Trump’s outrageous handling of the tragic events in Charlottesville compelled us to speak out now,” the group’s founders said at the time. It also offered a political opportunity for Democrats.
Soifer says that moment also launched a reexamination of her priorities, leading her to become the JDCA’s first executive director last month.
“At that moment it was very clear, unlike even past Republican administrations, this administration had no qualms about affiliating itself and even sympathizing with anti-Semites,” she said.'''
https://www.jta.org/2018/06/15/news-opinion/politics/meet-national-security-expert-leading-charge-keep-jews-voting-democratic