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JCRC Statement on the MBTA’s Plans to Ban Political Ads
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston applauds the MBTA for reiterating its intent today to ban all political advertising at its stations and property after our expressed concerns with the tenor and distortions in the current ads about the Israel-Palestinian conflict. JCRC has urged the MBTA to create a forward looking policy to…
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Statement from JCRC and JVS: A Call for Action Motivated by Freedom and Tolerance
JCRC and JVS join together to urge a long-term solution for the thousands of refugees fleeing persecution in Syria. In the wake of the Paris and Beirut attacks, some are calling for an end to asylum for Syrian refugees or advocating the perverse notion of a religious test before allowing entry. The…
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Setting the Course for Advocacy in 2016
By Seth Goldberg, Government Affairs Associate Last month, hundreds of activists from around the country came together in Washington D.C. for the Jewish Community Town Hall, sponsored by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), to shape the policy agenda for the organized Jewish community. I had the pleasure of attending, along with JCRC’s Executive…