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Upcoming Events
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June 21stJAC's 2nd Annual Power of Women Brunchwith
Key Note Speaker Carol Leifer
Lincolnwood, IL
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Upcoming Political Events
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It does make a difference who is in the Senate!
Votes on Equal Pay, VAWA and the Blunt Amendment proved that.
How the Senate will vote if similar legislation comes up next year depends on who wins in November.
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This week's issue highlights the following significant developments here and in the Middle East: _________________________ Remember to check out our blog to keep up with current issues and opinion and to sort fact from fiction on the Internet. Be sure to read Presidential Ponderings, thoughts and observations from JACPAC President Gail Yamner. |
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Israel & The Middle East
 U.S. Aides in Israel Give Assurances About Iran
President Obama and his senior advisers have said little publicly about Iran since the resumption of negotiations over its nuclear program in April, preferring to let the diplomats hash out the issues in the hope that tensions with Tehran can be managed, at least until the election in November.
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Palestinians: Refugees forever?
A couple of weeks ago the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed the Kirk Amendment as part of the State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for 2013. The bill requires the State Department to specify to Congress, for the first time, what proportion of the five million Palestinians who are supported by UNWRA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, are refugees who were actually displaced from their homes and what number are descendant of those refugees.
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It's a Place, Not a Conflict
Sitting on the edge of my hotel bed here two Sundays ago, I watched a "60 Minutes" segment on Tel Aviv, the place I call home. It made me think two unkindly thoughts.
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Khaled Abu Toameh: Where Are the Moderate Arabs and Palestinians?
In Israel, there are dozens of organizations and parties that openly advocate peace with the Palestinians and the Arab world. Some even go as far as calling on the Israeli government to comply with 100% of the Palestinians' demands by fully withdrawing to the pre-1967 lines.
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The Brothers Abbas
Are the sons of the Palestinian president growing rich off their father's system?
More...After Toulouse, More Attacks on Jews
When four Jews were killed in an apparent terrorist attack in Toulouse, France, in March, interest in the story quickly evaporated when the shooter turned out to be a Muslim extremist rather than a neo-Nazi, as it was first believed. More...Ethiopian-Israeli Jews, mistaken for African migrant workers, feel racism's pain
When violent riots against African migrant workers erupted in south Tel Aviv recently, a mob attacked Hanania Wanda, a Jew of Ethiopian origin, mistaking him for a Sudanese migrant worker. More...Reform and Conservative Leaders Deemed Rabbis, to Receive Israeli State Funds
The Israeli government announced on Tuesday that, for the first time, it will pay the salaries of a small number of Reform and Conservative rabbis who are considered leaders in their communities, and will also recognize them as rabbis.
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Reproductive Rights
Abortion Qualms on Morning-After Pill May Be Unfounded
Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman's uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same thing on their Web sites.
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House Republican to introduce anti-abortion-rights bill targeting District
House Republicans are continuing their efforts to restrict abortions in the District of Columbia, announcing plans to introduce a new anti-abortion-rights bill in Congress.
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Rep. Bruce Rendon's Anti-Abortion "Super-Bill" On Fast Track in Michigan Legislature
In Michigan, Republican State House Representative Bruce Rendon has introduced an anti-abortion "super bill"-one piece of legislation that includes protocol for screening women for coercion prior to an abortion, along with several TRAP laws including new liability insurance requirements for abortion providers, the regulation of abortion clinics as surgical facilities, and new restrictions on the disposal of fetal remains.
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A Jewish Response to Abortion
I was attending an all women, progressive college during the time when abortion became legal in the United States. I vividly remember discussing the issue with my friends and with the medical student I was dating the year of Roe v. Wade.
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CI-108 would expand government intrusion in Montanans' lives
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Separation of Religion and State
Today in the United States, our religious freedoms are under attack.
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Phil Bryant, Mississippi Governor, Advocates Nondenominational School Prayer 'At Some Point'
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant last week advocated for nondenominational school prayer in front of an audience of teenagers, the Clarion Ledger reports.
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Political Bytes
Florida Gov. Scott appears ready to fight DOJ on voter rolls purge
Gov. Rick Scott's administration is positioning itself for a showdown with the U.S. Department of Justice for demanding that Florida cease searching for and purging noncitizen voters.
Analysis: Lessons from the Wisconsin recall vote
Here are what the results of Tuesday night's Wisconsin recall election mean for four key political players: Gov. Scott Walker, labor unions, President Obama, and Mitt Romney.
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FYI The top 10 icons of Israeli high-tech - part one Long before Israel was known as the startup nation, skilled and visionary men were already putting it on course as the next Silicon Valley. In the first of a two-part series, ISRAEL21c takes a look at Israel's top 10 high-tech pioneers.
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Muhammad Ali attends grandson's bar mitzvah
The grandson of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali became a bar mitzvah at a Philadelphia synagogue.
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Our members count on JACPAC to provide information on current events, candidates, and elections. JACPAC depends on membership support to make this possible. If you have not renewed your membership, please consider doing so today, to help us pursue a strong US-Israel relationship, reproductive rights, and separation of religion and state. Together we can make this a better world! Sincerely,
Gail Yamner, President
Marcia Balonick, Executive Director
Joy Malkus, Research Director |
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