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...
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JAACI/CJV-IN Statement on LG Beckwith Remarks
June 1, 2026 The Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI), the state affiliate of Coalition for Jewish Values, today...
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JAACI president comments in the Times of Israel on problems within...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech JAACI’s president comments...
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Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI) joins Coalition...
In a ceremony in Indianapolis on September 16, 2025, that was attended by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, president of the nationwide Jewish...
Read More Post-10/7 Antisemitism in Carmel Clay Schools
POST-10/7/23 JEW HATRED IN CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS, CARMEL INDIANA Introduction Jew hatred is by far the most common type of...
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Combatting Antisemitism Conference hosted by 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...
Israel must acknowledge it is fighting against jihad
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...
Thank you GovernorEric Holcomb for supporting Israel...
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)...
Please Veto HEA 1002
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 JEWISH AMERICAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF INDIANA...
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...
Indiana state Senate committee scrubs IHRA from Jew...
“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 /...
Opinion: Indiana bill defining antisemitism protects...
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...
Indiana’s HB 1002: Addressing antisemitism or...
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...
Rep Banks hits back at professors attacking him over...
‘Proving my original point’