LOS ANGELES (Press Release)—Abby J. Leibman, President & CEO at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MAZON) has issued this statement regarding the Agricultural Act of 2014: “It is a relief that the extremely long and painful negotiations over our nation’s agricultural and nutrition safety net programs are finally behind us. But our relief is tempered […]
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release)—In response to the escalating number of seniors struggling to put food on the table, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MAZON) has launched a new initiative, in partnership with the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies (AJFCA), designed to help low-income, food-insecure seniors get the nutrition assistance they need. More
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Travel and Food, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Abraham H. Foxman on Monday, Feb. 10, announced he will step down from his position as National Director of the Anti-Defamation League on July 20, 2015, bringing to a close a 50-year career in Jewish communal service. “For almost five decades, ADL offered me the perfect vehicle to live a
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –How was it that a bawdy, bulky, cowboy-caricature of a roughshod politician, a man with a foul mouth and oversized hands, a classic “good ol’ boy,” became the one who truly signed off on the civil rights legislation that Martin Luther King had dreamed about for so long? And
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PALM BEACH, Florida — Citing his inspirational leadership in promoting democratic values worldwide when faced with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 during one of the most dramatic and consequential periods in American history; his commitment to securing Israeli-Palestinian peace; and his establishment of the United States’ first Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat
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USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The AMCHA Initiative on Friday, Feb. 7, issued the following statement commending House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Representative Dan Lipinkski (D-IL) for their bipartisan bill to make universities that fund groups boycotting Israeli academic institutions ineligible for federal funds. “Academic boycotts violate academic freedom and are antithetical to the
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The Patriot Act’s overly broad definitions of “terrorist activity” and “terrorist group” that have unjustly prevented thousands of refugees — who do not pose a threat to the United States – from receiving protection in the United States, will no longer be applied to certain refugees, according to an announcement
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By Debra Rubin/JNS.org Aviva Sufian was just 8 years old when her mother took her to an American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors event in Philadelphia in 1985. She remembers survivor after survivor standing up and announcing, “My name is, and this is where I’m from.” Sufian, whose grandparents had come to this country shortly
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By Ryan Scott Karben NEW YORK — There was a political earthquake in Albany on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and its tremors reached Jerusalem. A bill to penalize organizations at New York universities that participate in academic boycotts of Israel was yanked from consideration by the State Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education at the last minute.
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WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)- Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) joined her colleagues in offering an amendment to let the Secretary of the Interior include climate change in considering decisions on conservation and recreation on public lands. The amendment was an effort to improve a House Majority legislation (HR 3590) attempting to undermine environmental protections for National
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the launch of a new start-up lab called “Para Bellum Labs, America! The phrase “parabellum” was used by a German arms manufacturer as a name for its signature guns-first, the light machine gun used by the Kaiser’s best during World War I, and then its most
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A set of guidelines issued by House Republicans called “The Standards for Immigration Reform” has been greeted with mixed reviews by Jewish organizations concerned with immigration. HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said on Friday, Jan. 31, that it “welcomed the GOP Principles on Immigration Reform as an important
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The National Jewish Democratic Council on Wednesday, Jan. 29, congratulated President Obama on a visionary and practical State of the Union address delivered the day before. NJDC Executive Director, Rabbi Jack Moline said: “The President’s agenda- environmental responsibility, protection of voting rights, educational excellence, immigration reforms and financial security for all
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan. 29, highlighted the danger of proselytizing and harassment within the U.S. military and called for effective, uniform guidance promoting religious respect. The League submitted its statement to the “Religious Accommodations in the Armed Services” hearing before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel. ADL
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