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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

National Council of Jewish Women

Migrants walk along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, October 22, 2024, hoping to reach the country's northern border and ultimately the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
October 24, 2024, 9:07 am
As US election nears, Jewish groups decry ‘xenophobia, fear and lies’ about immigrants
Thinly-veiled criticism of Trump, signed by Reform and Conservative rabbinic associations and 500 clergy, urges candidates to ‘reject the impulse to seal our borders’
By Ron Kampeas
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
May 4, 2024, 2:27 pm
5 US Jewish orgs boycott education secretary call over presence of progressive groups
Cardona makes second antisemitism presentation after Jewish Federations of North America, ADL, Conference of Presidents refuse to attend the first one
By Ron Kampeas
Demonstrators rally against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv, on April 22, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 22, 2023, 1:05 pm
Anti-overhaul protests for 16th week as Israel readies to honor fallen, mark 75 years
Hundreds of thousands set to take to the streets Saturday night at over 100 locations; Tel Aviv demonstration to be addressed by ex-Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin
By ToI Staff
Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the US Supreme Court in December 2021. (Courtesy of Danya Ruttenberg)
February 18, 2023, 3:14 am
US Jewish communities gather in person and online for ‘reproductive rights Shabbat’
More than 1,500 synagogues and Jewish communities nationwide are observing the third annual event, with the aim of getting people to engage with the issue more closely
By Jackie Hajdenberg
From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 4, 2022, 7:43 am
More US Jewish groups publicly fret over far-right showing in Israeli election
ADL, National Council of Jewish Women call out Religious Zionist members’ history of ‘racism, homophobia and misogyny’; across the pond, UK Jewry strikes a milder tone
By Judah Ari Gross
Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the US Supreme Court in December 2021. (Courtesy of Danya Ruttenberg via JTA)
May 17, 2022, 5:00 am
National Council of Jewish Women creates outlet for Jews to donate to abortion funds
US Jewish group, a founder of Planned Parenthood, stepping up efforts to assist those who need help to end pregnancies in wake of likely overturn of Roe v. Wade
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the US Supreme Court in December 2021. (Courtesy of Danya Ruttenberg)
May 4, 2022, 8:40 am
US Supreme Court leak energizes Jewish groups ahead of planned abortion rights rally
‘We will fight for abortion rights with all of our strength,’ head of Reform movement vows after publication of draft document indicating justices set to overturn Roe v. Wade
By Jackie Hajdenberg and Gabe Friedman
A firefighter douses the flames in an Israeli car after it was allegedly set on fire by Jewish extremists in the West Bank near the outpost of Givat Ronen on January 21, 2022. (Courtesy: Yesh Din)
January 25, 2022, 4:04 pm
ADL, other Jewish groups denounce ‘ongoing terrorism’ by settler extremists
In letter to Bennett, Lapid and Gantz, organizations urge ‘unequivocal action’ to stop violence against Palestinians, other Israelis and IDF; note damage caused to ties with US
By JTA and Jacob Magid
A spokesperson from the Sunrise Movement engages with a protester at the Art Mural #SealTheDeal for Climate, Jobs, Care, and Justice in San Francisco, on August 19, 2021. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)
October 21, 2021, 10:26 pm
Sunrise distances itself from, but doesn’t condemn, boycott of Zionist groups
National climate change organization says it rejects antisemitism, adds that it was not aware of Sunrise DC’s decision ahead of time, but that group has right to act independently
By Jacob Magid
A spokesperson from the Sunrise Movement engages with a protester at the Art Mural #SealTheDeal for Climate, Jobs, Care, and Justice in San Francisco, on August 19, 2021. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)
October 21, 2021, 4:47 am
Green activists quit DC rally over inclusion of Jewish groups backing Israel
Washington chapter of Sunrise Movement accused of antisemitism after urging that organizations supporting Zionism be banned from coalition behind voting rights protest Saturday
By Ron Kampeas
Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
January 7, 2021, 1:28 pm
US Jewish groups express ‘outrage,’ ‘disgust’ at DC violence, criticize Trump
AIPAC lobby group condemns president’s ‘incitement,’ ADL calls for suspension of his social media accounts; others focus on restoring law and order to Capitol
By Ron Kampeas
A voter fills out their ballot at Public School 160 on November 3, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)
November 4, 2020, 6:12 pm
As Trump and Biden battle it out, US Jews grapple with deep political shifts
Whatever the result, it’s clear that half of voters embraced an insular and Christian outlook that many Jews see as alien to their understanding of what it is to be an American
By Ron Kampeas
Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after being nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. (Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
October 10, 2020, 2:56 pm
US liberal Jewish groups sign letter opposing Coney Barrett’s court nomination
Signed by other faith-based organizations, letter to senators cites nominee’s stated opposition to Affordable Care Act
By Ron Kampeas
Dianne Lob, whose HIAS group has tangled with the Trump administration on its immigration initiatives, will have to wait a year to take over leadership of a coalition that aims to bring one Jewish voice on Israel-related issues. (Courtesy of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations via JTA)
April 29, 2020, 4:08 am
Row, and compromise, over chair of Presidents Conference show Trump era tension
Appointment of Dianne Lob delayed until April 2021, officially due to coronavirus, but mostly because of objections from a right-wing group over her past as head of refugee agency
By Ron Kampeas
Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March, on January 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images via JTA)
February 14, 2020, 6:33 am
Jewish women’s group leads US push to pass national bill protecting abortions
National Council of Jewish Women spearheads letter from 50 faith-based organizations calling on Congress to safeguard medical procedures
By JTA
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