March 18, 2024 The Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI) thanks Governor Eric Holcomb for supporting Israel and the Jewish community by his veto of House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1002 and through his Proclamation supporting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. The Governor’s carefully crafted veto message recognizes both the importance of the legislation passed by the General...
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March 12, 2024 Dear Governor Holcomb, I am writing as President of the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI) to request thatthe Governor veto HEA 1002. Although JAACI drafted the original bill authored by Representative Jeterthe purpose of the legislation was to protect Jewish students from virulent antisemitism in our educational institutions in the guise of relentless and vicious attacks on Israel. We appreciate the efforts of...
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MARCH 2024The Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana is opposed to HEA 1002 as passed by the Indiana General Assembly. In drafting the original legislation our purpose was to protect Jewish students from virulent antisemitism in our educational institutions in the guise of relentless and vicious attacks on Israel. We appreciate the efforts of legislators supporting the original HB 1002. Incorporating the...
Dear Friends, Our letter to San Francisco State President Lynn Mahoney regarding the upcoming event featuring convicted terrorist Leila Khaled was sent this morning: Thank you so much for your participation in this effort! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and sweet year ahead, Tammi Tammi Rossman-Benjamin AMCHA Initiative, Director [email protected] 831-236-5812 www.AMCHAinitiative.org
"Without such safeguards, we believe that AB 1460’s plan for instituting an Ethnic Studies requirement on CSU campuses is very likely to lead to the incitement of hatred and harm, particularly against Jewish and pro-Israel students."
The purpose of the letter was to prevent the State of California from requiring all students to take an ethnic studies that was designed to promote identity politics and that would inevitably be twisted against Jews and Israel.
Years of neglect and misguided policies by mainstream Jewish leaders have failed to stem the shocking surge of Jew-hatred in America.
Indy JCRC, please start “safeguarding” American Jews and fighting Jew hatred and stop with your frivolous and even detrimental virtue signaling!
A sober examination of Islam's historical treatment of Jews
The president’s order would allow the government to withhold money from campuses deemed to be biased, but critics see it as an attack on free speech. New York Times By Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman Dec. 10, 2019 WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday targeting what he sees as anti-Semitism on college campuses by threatening to withhold federal money from educational institutions that fail to...