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Upcoming JAC Events
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Membership Meeting
Details to follow
Louisville Meeting
January 2014
Details to follow
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Upcoming Candidate Events
| | September 30th
Lunch with Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Chicago, IL
Details here
October 6th
Women's Brunch with Nancy Pelosi & Lilly Ledbetter
Evanston, IL
Details here
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On Our Radar
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* Syrian Chemical
Weapons
* Voting Rights Act
* Federal 20-week
abortion ban
* Employment
NonDiscrimination
Act (ENDA)
* Sexual Assault in
the Military
* Farm Bill - food
aid (SNAP)
* HR 1565 - Public
Safety & 2nd
Amendment
Rights Act
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Are you
SICK & TIREDof the MOST EXTREME House Members FORCING their social agenda on women?
Anti-choice members of the House are trying to use the impending debt limit crisis to push through their bill outlawing abortion at 20 weeks nationwide.
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Why It Matters:
The Affordable Care Act
(Obamacare)
National registration in state health care exchanges begins next week - October 1st.
Under the new coverage rules, more emphasis is placed on wellness and preventive care. Pregnant women and those planning to become pregnant will have access to more information and services regarding pregnancy.
This matters because millions of Americans - men, women, and children - will have access to affordable health care, regardless of pre-existing conditions.
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JACBLOG!
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.
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Vice President Biden Hosts Sukkot Event
JAC was honored to participate in Vice President Biden's Sukkah Party and Reception this week. We wish everyone a joyous and peaceful New Year.
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This week's issue highlights these key developments here and in the Middle East:- Israelis & Palestinians have agreed to intensify peace talks in pursuit of a final agreement.
- Forty years after Roe v Wade and states are still trying to limit access for women.
- Can for-profit businesses claim religious exemption for contraceptive mandate based on the owner's personal beliefs? A Federal Appeals court is weighing that.
- Not since the 1980s has a political party seen such a division.
- How many mass shootings have there been since Newtown? More than you have heard about.
- Registration for Obamacare begins next week - here are 8 things you should know.
- and so much more!
This week's EZ Read brings you these stories and some that may have slipped past your news feed.
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Full text of Obama's 2013 speech at UN General Assembly
Breakthroughs on Iran's nuclear program and Israeli-Palestinian peace 'would have a profound and positive impact on the entire Middle East and North Africa,' says US president.
Abbas to U.S. Jews: Culture for peace better now than in 2000s
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/11/4287441/israel-hasnt-given-up-on-persuading.html#storylink=cpy
In a meeting with U.S. Jewish leaders, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he was more hopeful now for peace than he was in the mid-2000s.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/11/4287441/israel-hasnt-given-up-on-persuading.html#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/11/4287441/israel-hasnt-given-up-on-persuading.html#storylink=cpy
Read Full Article  Kerry: Israelis, Palestinians to intensify talks toward final agreement
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to intensify peace talks aimed at reaching a final agreement, not an interim accord, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
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Ya'alon: Recent terror attacks should not raise fears of 3rd intifada
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
The deadly terror attacks that claimed the lives of two IDF soldiers in recent days do not constitute the start of a third intifada, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday, as a relatively quiet day passed over Hebron.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
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Israel's U.N. Envoy Has a Message for the World: Laugh With Me
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
As the annual General Assembly opens this week, Ron Prosor deploys wit as a stealth diplomatic weapon.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
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World powers reach Syria resolution deal, diplomats say
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
The five permanent members of the divided Security Council appear to have reached agreement on a resolution to require Syria to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, UN diplomats said Thursday.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
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Iranian president talks Obama, 'massacre' of Jews in meeting with top media figures
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani declined to meet with President Barack Obama this week, but he made time for a meeting with top U.S. media figures. On Wednesday morning, the Iranian president sat down with a who's who of media chieftains for an off-the-record meeting in a conference room on the second floor of the UN One hotel, one block away from the United Nations.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
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Obama is criticized for right result on Syria
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
How did it happen that, less than a year after Barack Obama convincingly won reelection, his every move as president now draws hoots and catcalls from nearly every point on the political spectrum?
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/09/4031477/islamic-cleric-in-gaza-rejects.htmlstorylink=cpy
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Retired Generals Join Gillibrand in Push for Sexual Assault Remedy
Three retired generals have stepped forward in support of a measure sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) designed to address the crisis of widespread sexual assault in the military, according to a report by Politico's Darren Samuelsohn. Gillibrand's Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA) would remove the reporting and prosecution of rape, sexual assault, and other serious crimes from the chain of command.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/20/4133089/kansas-abortion-bill-is-cruel.html#storylink=cpy
The Affordable Care Act, contraceptives, abortion and unintended-pregnancy rates: Related research
This year marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision upholding a woman's right to an abortion. While some - including President Obama - celebrated the ruling and pledged to defend it, a number of state legislatures continue to work to limit access to abortions. In June, Texas state senator Wendy Davis filibustered a bill that would have made abortions illegal after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/20/4133089/kansas-abortion-bill-is-cruel.html#storylink=cpy
Read Full Article Meet the Wichita Women Standing Up to Anti-Abortion Extremists "There is an attitude that if you provide abortion care then you should have to put up with harassment and intimidation, and I'm not sure we would say that to anyone else in any other profession." Read Full Article
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Separation of Religion & State
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Congress, Abortion, and the Separation of Church and State, by Rabbi Dennis Ross
The abortion debate is, at heart, a debate over church-state separation.
Read Full ArticleJudges weigh religious exemption for health law
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/03/3540465/sd-joins-other-states-in-legislative.html#storylink=cpy
A federal appeals court is considering whether for-profit businesses can be exempted from a contraceptive mandate in the health care law because of the owners' religious views.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/03/3540465/sd-joins-other-states-in-legislative.html#storylink=cpy.
Read Full ArticleLouisiana cooperating with Justice over school voucher program
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/03/3540465/sd-joins-other-states-in-legislative.html#storylink=cpy
Under the supervision of a federal court, Louisiana has agreed to supply the Justice Department with data about its controversial school voucher program and to analyze whether the vouchers are re-segregating schools that are under federal orders to achieve a balance between white and black students.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/03/3540465/sd-joins-other-states-in-legislative.html#storylink=cpy.
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Food stamp cuts would starve people - and the economic recovery
The GOP's obsession with crushing the poor could create more economic woes. Which seems to be just what they want.
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How Bad Is the GOP Rift? Worse Than Democrats in the 1980s
Political parties seem to suffer through internal battles periodically, but the current state of the GOP is much worse than what Democrats went through some 25 years ago, when organized labor and old-style liberals fought against the Democratic Leadership Council for the soul of the party.
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5 Things Winning Candidates Say
After the overwhelming response to "6 Things Losing Candidates Say" and its successor, "4 More Things Losing Candidates Say (Readers' Edition)," I decided to try to turn it around and point out some common themes from winning candidates.
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Honoring Victims, Obama Asks: 'Do We Care Enough' to Change?
President Obama on Sunday eulogized the 12 victims of the Navy Yard shooting and lamented what he called a "creeping resignation" in America about the inevitability of gun violence.
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There Have Been More Mass Shootings Since Newtown Than You've Heard About
When 13 people died in a shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., on Monday, the story made front page news. Many of the mass shootings that have happened since the massacre of elementary school students and teachers in Newtown, Conn., last December didn't. Read Full Article
Poll: Americans believe public policy can reduce gun violence
According to a new poll from United Technologies/National Journal, a robust 71 percent of Americans agree that "there's something that can be done through public policies" to curb gun violence. Respondents, however, were far less unanimous on what, specifically, that "something" should be.. Read Full Article
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French town unveils hidden cache of Jewish treasures
Pre-Shoah artifacts, including Torah scrolls and texts from the 16th century, discovered in synagogue and put on display.
8 things to know about Obamacare (that you were too afraid to ask)
Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act, is about to kick in big-time Oct. 1, and with it new rules about getting and giving of health insurance. The idea behind the still-controversial law is to get as many people access to affordable health insurance, expand the benefits they receive, and hopefully increase their overall health while reducing the growth of health-care costs nationally.
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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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