In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech JAACI’s president comments on anti Israel and anti Jewish sentiment within IU’s vaunted Jewish Studies program A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics. By Andrew Lapin November 7, 2025 11:00 am A sudden change...
Author - Michael Rosen
In a ceremony in Indianapolis on September 16, 2025, that was attended by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, president of the nationwide Jewish advocacy group Coalition for Jewish Values, as well as Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales, it was announced that henceforth JAACI will act as the official representative of CJV within Indiana. JAACI is very excited to work together with JCV to strengthen Jewish and Israel advocacy within Indiana.”...
POST-10/7/23 JEW HATRED IN CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS, CARMEL INDIANA Introduction Jew hatred is by far the most common type of religious hatred in the US. According to FBI statistics, in 2024 anti-Jewish hate crimes accounted for nearly 59% of all religious hate crimes in the US despite Jews comprising less than 2% of the total population.1 The rate of Antisemitic incidents has greatly accelerated since October 7th, 2023, since the Hamas/Gazan...
PRO-HAMAS ADVOCACY IN INDIANA AFTER 10/7 Introduction and Rationale Since the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2025, pro-Hamas support has exploded across the United States, particularly on college campuses. Hamas, also known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, is the Palestinian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the US Department of State in 1997. It is unlawful for a person in the...
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...
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...