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Upcoming JAC Events
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June 6
2013 JAC Power of Women Luncheon
Chicago, IL
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Upcoming Candidate Events
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Join us at the JAC table for
Rep. Jan Schakowsky's Ultimate Women's Power Lunch
Chicago, IL
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This week's issue highlights the following significant developments here and in the Middle East: -
Secretary of State John Kerry is returning to the Middle East to push for peace talks. Amid laws and restrictions to ban abortion, a ray of hope shines in Kansas as a new clinic opens. North Carolina to declare a state religion? -
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The Jewish women in the middle of the DOMA case.
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- Want to discuss Jews with Germans? Climb in the box.
_________________________ 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 Janna Berk. Check out the all-new Open Mic for comments, opinions, essays, and more from JAC members. |
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 Kerry returning to Jerusalem and Ramallah to push for renewal of peace talks
United States Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Israel and the Palestinian territories for the second time in less than two weeks, as part of the Americans' efforts to kick-start the long-stalled peace process.
Abbas 'to suspend unilateral action against Israel'
President Mahmud Abbas will temporarily refrain from unilateral action against Israel to give US-brokered peace talks a chance to resume, a Palestinian official said on Thursday.
Read Full Article Obama to Palestinians: Accept the Jewish stateOne key shift in U.S. policy was overlooked in the barrage of news about President Obama's eventful 50-hour visit to Israel last week. That would be the demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state, called by Hamas leader Salah Bardawil "the most dangerous statement by an American president regarding the Palestinian issue."
Read Full ArticleBulgaria Bus Attack: Berlin Wants Hezbollah On EU Terrorist Group List The German Interior and Foreign ministries want Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to be placed on the EU's list of terrorist groups if suspicions are confirmed that the organization was behind the bus bombing in Bulgaria last year in which five Israeli tourists were killed.. Read Full Article
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Abortion clinic to open in Wichita, the first in four years
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/01/4156563/abortion-clinic-to-open-in-wichita.html#storylink=cpy
The first abortion clinic to operate in Wichita since the 2009 murder of physician George Tiller plans to open its doors this week despite continuing efforts by abortion foes to block it.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/01/4156563/abortion-clinic-to-open-in-wichita.html#storylink=cpy
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Bob McDonnell, Virginia Governor, Introduces Abortion Coverage Ban
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) introduced an amendment to the state's health insurance exchange implementation bill that would prevent insurance plans in the new health exchange from covering abortion.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/20/4133089/kansas-abortion-bill-is-cruel.html#storylink=cpy
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Abortion Laws In Arkansas, North Dakota Set Stage For Legal Battle
Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion.
Read Full Article Alabama Legislature passes bill setting stricter standards for abortion clinics Alabama lawmakers late Tuesday gave final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions. Read Full StoryCourt Orders FDA to Make Emergency Contraception Available Over-the-Counter for All Ages In a long-awaited decision released early this morning, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women of all ages, marking a major win for public health and women's rights in a year that has seen science otherwise buried under an avalanche of anti-choice politics. Read Full Story
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Separation of Religion & State
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North Carolina House Speaker Kills Bill to Create State Religion
The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives killed legislation on Thursday that aimed to establish an official state religion.
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The Jewish Women in the DOMA Case
It's probably not an accident that the four Justices who were most critical of DOMA are all either women or Jews - and in the case of Ginsburg and her colleague Elena Kagan, both. It is, however, a total coincidence that the plaintiff in the case, Edith Windsor, and her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, are also both Jewish women.
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Don't Give Up on Guns, Immigration, or a Debt Deal If Franklin Roosevelt were in office today, he'd probably be judged on his first 100 minutes instead of his first 100 days. President Obama still has a month before he reaches that milestone of his second term, but already some pundits are judging him--and Congress--as failures. Read Full Article
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Rome's Chief Rabbi In The Spotlight
Ground zero for Catholic-Jewish relations is Rome, and the man at the center of it all is the city's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni.
Read Full ArticleBeing the Jew in the Box To have conversations with Germans about Jews, I had to become an exhibition at Berlin's Jewish Museum. Read Full Article Why Keystone Matters, by JAC's Wendy Abrams I've had many friends, even like-minded, eco-friendly friends, ask me, "Why is Keystone a big deal? Isn't it just another pipeline?" Keystone is a big deal, because it is NOT just another pipeline. It is the make-or-break piece of the puzzle for profitably exploiting the tar sands in Canada. Without the Keystone pipeline, tar sands will still be dug up; but with Keystone, the profits soar, making it a much more lucrative deal for the Canadian oil companies; and to maximize their profits, they will dig up as much as possible. And therein lies the problem. The sheer volume of tar sands awaiting exploitation is staggering. When asked about the impact on climate change, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, Dr. James Hansen, explained burning the tar sands would be "game over" for the climate. Read Full Article
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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,
Janna Berk, President
Marcia Balonick, Executive Director
Joy Malkus, Research Director |
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