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CJP and JCRC Support Charleston
All of us at CJP and JCRC were deeply saddened and horrified by the recent terror attack on innocent parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. On Wednesday, June 17, nine innocent people were shot and killed during a Bible study meeting. Dylann Roof, who allegedly told his victims that his…
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JCPA: UN report on 2014 Gaza War discounts Hamas culpability
The following statement was issued by the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, the public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community in the U.S. UN report on 2014 Gaza War discounts Hamas culpability Washington, D.C. – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) expressed its deep disappointment with the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Commission of…
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Daring to Dream
I’m writing this week’s message from Dnepropetrovsk as I prepare to make my way back to Boston, after spending a week representing the Boston Jewish community on an important Jewish Federations of North America mission. I hope you’ve been following my posts throughout the trip on Facebook. I’ll admit, I’ve been struggling with what to…