Washington: Sitting alongside leaders of the Jewish community on Wednesday, Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, described the rising tide of anti-semitism in the United States as an “epidemic of hate.” Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a vice president or president, has in recent weeks become one of the federal government’s more forceful voices against violence and hate speech directed at Jews. “Words matter,” Emhoff said at a roundtable of government officials, rabbis and leaders of advocacy groups to discuss the extremist acts. “People are no longer saying the quiet parts out loud. They are literally...