9/20/2024 Since October 7, 2023, when Hamas horrifically attacked the State of Israel, antisemitic behavior across the United States and our state has sharply increased. Some of the more alarming actions include riots on college campuses, protests in the streets, and threats against Jewish people on social media. This continuing legal education and law enforcement training is designed to increase awareness of antisemitism and educate on how to...
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August 28 2024 The Middle East Conflict: What it’s Really About and why it Should Matter to Americans.
Accepting that Israel’s enemies are waging a religious war can reframe the narrative. (May 1, 2024 / JNS) ALLON FRIEDMAN Allon Friedman, MD, is a physician and president of the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana. The failure of Israel’s military and intelligence services to foresee the Oct. 7 attack was caused by an inability or unwillingness to recognize that Israel’s enemies are not fighting a standard war. They are waging a jihad...
“This essentially gutted the bill we wrote and leaves Jews without equal protection,” said Allon Friedman, president of the Jewish Affairs Committee of Indiana. (February 22, 2024 / JNS) The word “antisemitism” refers “to the May 26, 2016, working definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, which states that: ‘Antisemitism is a...
Allon Friedman and Elliot Bartky Indianapolis Star We are leaders of the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana, a statewide Jewish advocacy group. We crafted House Bill 1002, designed to combat the rising tide of antisemitism in Indiana’s educational system, which was authored by state Rep. Chris Jeter, R-Noblesville. Because a variety of individuals and groups in Indiana have attempted to discredit our bill, we feel it necessary to...
Those in opposition fear HB 1002, which cites examples of anti-Semitic speech, could make it illegal to criticize the Israeli government for their attacks on Gaza. By JADE JACKSON January 25, 2024. Indianapolis Recorder. The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously approved HB 1002, which defines antisemitism as religious discrimination in the state education code, Jan. 18. With current conflicts in the Middle East, the bill that failed in...
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IN SUPPORT OF CONGRESSMAN JIM BANKS’ DEMAND THAT INDIANA UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATE AND COMBAT JEW HATRED
WRTV By: Taj SimmonsPosted at 11:11 PM, Oct 12, 2023 and last updated 11:16 PM, Oct 12, 2023 Supporters of Israel gathered on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, many of whom carried Israel flags. They said the demonstration was needed after a painful week. More from the rally on Monument Circle. pic.twitter.com/s4O08mkKVw— 93 WIBC Indianapolis (@93wibc) October 12, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS — The Hamas attack on Israel reignited tensions between...
Indiana State House Statement Against CRT January 12, 2022Rick Bentley, PresidentJewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI) Critical Race Theory (CRT): An Ideology Promoting Hatred of Jews and Israel As president of the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana, I am heretoday to discuss with you an aspect of critical race theory that is of great concern tome and the Indiana Jewish community I represent, but one that is...