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Netanyahu and Otzma Yehudit ('Jewish Power' Party)

‘Otzma Yehudit’, or ‘Jewish Power’ party, was formed by followers of the late Brooklyn Born extremist, Meir Kahana.  After immigrating to Israel, he established the ‘Kach’ Party that advocated expulsion of Arabs from Israel. ‘Kach’ gained it’s only-ever seat in parliamenta…

Statement Decrying Bill Wadsworth’s campaign manager’s tweet

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, as one of the 7 Jewish Federation members who make up JFACT (Jewish Federations Association of Connecticut), condemns the anti-Semitic and irresponsible tweet used by the Wadsworth Campaign. 

 

 

JCPA Strongly Opposes Decision Allowing SC Foster Agencies to Discriminate

Reprinted with permission from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

New York, NY – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) strongly opposes the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to grant a waiver authorizing a government-funded South Carolina foster agency t…

And the Award Goes To... Delilin Destau!

Reprinted with permission from our partners at the Ethiopian National Project.

Delilin Destau, a 12th grader from Afula, was awarded one of the Minister of Education prizes. Destau who immigrated from Ethiopia when he was 13, is one of our very own SPACE students and we could not be any pr…

Arthur L. Levy: Distorting the story of Israel’s history

In the Forum article “A lesson on Justice and its indivisibility” (Jan. 21, 2019) the author starts his column by invoking First Amendment issues concerning the cancellation of an award to Ms. Angela Davis. I share his concern about the possibility of First Amendment violations. However,…

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