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- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
- Heard in Jerusalem: "Hasbara" has become something resembling a dirty word
- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
Tag Archives: Federation
“How nice to pat yourself on the back for your aid to the implacable enemies who are starving Jewish hostages, thereby joining the ranks of useful Jewish idiots in every generation”
ARTUZ SHEVA UJA donates $1 million to Gaza: Insanity or worse? Ronn Torrosion …This is a despicable act by American Diaspora Jews of whom it can only be said seem today to be enemies of the Jewish state. When representatives … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Federation, Gaza, Palestinians, UJA
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The Jewish community relations umbrella group has broken from the Federations, and has now chosen a veteran of J Street and progressive Democratic politics.
JNS The JCPA will fight for the hard left, not Jewish interests Jonathan S. Tobin May 10, 2023 Perhaps it was inevitable. The partisan split among American Jews is such that the majority of them are loyal Democratic voters and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Amy Spitalnick, Federation, JCPA, Jewish Council for Public Affairs
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The decision marks a resolution to tensions that surged in 2020 when JCPA was among 600 Jewish groups to sign onto a full-page New York Times ad declaring “Black Lives Matter”
JTA Seeking latitude to press liberal causes, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations Ron Kampeas December 19, 2022 The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the onetime standard-bearer for outreach to the non-Jewish world whose influence has … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Black Lives Matter, Federation, JCPA, Jewish Council for Public Affairs
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“The Jewish community leadership has become so wedded to the new “progressive” ideology that it forbids community discussions, inquiries or challenges to it”
JNS America’s failing Jewish establishment: The case of the Rochester Federation by Patti Munter June 21, 2021 …My Federation’s accommodation, if not adoption of this new dispensation, especially its negative treatment of Israel, has been noticed: Back in 2014, I … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged anti-Zionism, BDS, Federation
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“The New Israel Fund is seeking to create an alternative to Federations by allowing donors to give money to exactly the kind of groups that mainstream philanthropies want no part of”
JNS New Israel Fund’s war on Jewish life by Jonathan S. Tobin November 4, 2019 According to the Forward, the rationale for the New Israel Fund’s push to create an alternative philanthropic system can be explained by what a Philadelphia psychologist named … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Federation, IfNotNow, New Israel Fund, Philadelphia
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“With $90 billion at their discretion, why are the majority of Jewish funds and federations not only skipping Israel, but investing in ‘enemy’ countries?”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Federations donate to Israel, but most of their investments go anywhere but by Cathryn J. Prince April 5, 2017 …However, seeking to maximize their investments — as is their mandate and fiduciary responsibility — the majority of … Continue reading
Jewish Federations create burdensome drag on the process
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Andrew D. Lappin August 8, 2015 The incredibly important process of gathering Democratic votes for opposition to the reckless Iran agreement is being slowed in part due to the absence of numerous major metropolitan member cities … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Federation, Jewish Federation of North America, JFNA
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 