Jewish Groups, Lawmaker Rap U.S. House 2012 Budget Plan
(JTA) -- Jewish groups and a key Jewish lawmaker condemned the U.S. House of Representative's budget proposal for 2012, saying it will hurt the Americans most in need.The Jewish Council for Public...
View ArticleParadigm shift in the federal budget debate; will Jewish groups fight?
If you had any illusions this year's budget battle on Capitol Hill would be like past fights – a lot of huffing and puffing, but in the end no real change – Rep. Paul Ryan's new GOP budget plan should...
View ArticleAs Israel Debates Rage, Jewish Professionals Face Employment Repercussions
Ron Kampeas JTA WASHINGTON (JTA) – The speaker invited then uninvited. The signature on the petition removed. The activity joined, then unjoined.The job threatened.Rabbis and Jewish professionals...
View ArticleBudget stuff: Reform ambivalent about Obama deficit speech, JCPA defends...
I was wondering how Jewish progressives would respond to President Obama's big speech on deficit reduction on Wednesday – a speech that many critics called long on rhetoric, short on specifics.Now we...
View ArticleA social justice Passover in Washington
Passover being a holiday marking affliction and freedom, it wouldn't be complete without Washington seders focusing on economic and social justice issues.On Wednesday, the Jewish Funds for Justice and...
View ArticleTake The Food Stamp Challenge
Tue, 11/01/2011 Editorial Could you get by on $4.50 a day for food?While participants in Occupy Wall Street garner headlines in drawing attention to the imbalance of financial power in the U.S., a...
View ArticleBDS Goes To Church
Steve Lipman Staff Writer To counter Israel divestment, JCPA organizes Presbyterian outreach.The public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community announced this week that it is intensifying a...
View ArticleJCPA Endorses Title VI As Campus Tool
JTA The Jewish Council for Public Affairs endorsed using federal law to counter anti-Semitism on American college campuses.During the organization’s annual plenum in Detroit, the JCPA and its 14...
View ArticleJCPA Statement Looks AT Benefits And Drawbacks Of Fracking
JTA The Jewish Council for Public Affairs announced its qualified support for "fracking," a technique used to extract underground deposits of natural gas.The JCPA statement issued Tuesday noted that...
View ArticleJCPA Tables Gay Marriage Resolution
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher Striving for consensus, public affairs council honors OU's objection. There are two resolutions up for proposal at the two-day annual policy plenum of the Jewish...
View ArticleAlbert Chernin, Jewish Policy Leader, Dies At 85
Staff Report Albert Chernin, a Jewish organizational pioneer who was Executive Vice Chairman Emeritus of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs died Monday in his sleep, reported his daughter, Anne...
View ArticleGutow Stepping Down As JCPA President
Hannah Dreyfus, JTA Rabbi Steve Gutow is stepping down after leading the Jewish Council for Public Affairs for 10 years.read more
View ArticleNew JCPA Head Sees Outreach To Latinos
Stewart Ain staff writer David Bernstein takes over next month as president and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the voice of the Jewish federations’ 125 Jewish community relations...
View ArticleJewish Groups Back Obama On Gun Control Initiatives
JTA Washington — Jewish groups praised new executive actions by President Barack Obama to reduce gun violence.read more
View ArticleWhy We Must Speak Out Against The Occupation
Marissa Rosenberg-Carlson At our National Assembly in April, J Street U students met with several prominent leaders in the American Jewish community – the head of the Reform movement, the CEO of the...
View ArticleJewish Groups Walk Tightrope On Racial Tensions
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Trying to balance historic ties to black community and law enforcement. As President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush sought to calm a jittery nation from...
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