Posted by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, January 29, 2016 The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill banning state dealings with entities that boycott Israel or its settlements. The bill sent to the state’s Senate on Jan. 26 defines “the promotion of activities to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel” as meeting the standard of “extraordinary circumstances” necessary under state law to mandate divestment from a company. It...
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Banning Muslim call to prayer in Indiana.
In early August, 2026, acting on her own behalf and self interests, Cantor Janice Roger wrote a very foolish letter below in the...
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Thank you GovernorEric Holcomb for supporting Israel and the Jewish...
March 18, 2024 The Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana (JAACI) thanks Governor Eric Holcomb for supporting Israel and...
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THE JEWISH AMERICAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF INDIANA (JAACI) URGES...
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MARCH 2024The Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana is opposed to HEA 1002 as passed by the Indiana...
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Opinion: Indiana bill defining antisemitism protects Jewish students...
Allon Friedman and Elliot Bartky Indianapolis Star We are leaders of the Jewish American Affairs Committee of Indiana, a...
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Indiana’s HB 1002: Addressing antisemitism or silencing free speech?
Those in opposition fear HB 1002, which cites examples of anti-Semitic speech, could make it illegal to criticize the Israeli...
Read MoreThe NWI Times December 02, 2015 6:00 pm • By Elliot Bartky and Allon Friedman In recent weeks a few prominent Hoosiers, many of them from faith-based organizations, have publicly criticized Gov. Mike Pence’s decision to suspend resettlement of Syrian refugees in Indiana, calling it “unwelcoming,” “inhumane,” and “xenophobic.” It is important that all Hoosiers understand why this criticism is misguided and itself unethical. Many critics declare...
Published: February 12, 2013 3:00 a.m. in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. As President Obama begins his second term, it is an opportune moment to critically evaluate his foreign policy record, which thus far appears to be based on the concept that peace and strength can be gained through abandoning one’s friends and appeasing one’s enemies. As evidence of this, consider the following. Obama recently declared that a certain Mideast nation...
By ALLON FRIEDMAN and ELLIOT BARTKY 5:15 a.m. CST, February 12, 2013 Southbend Tribune. As President Obama begins his second term in office, it is an opportune moment to critically evaluate his foreign policy record, which thus far appears to be based on the concept that peace and strength can be gained through abandoning one’s friends and appeasing one’s enemies. As evidence of this, consider the following. Obama recently declared that a...
April 10, 2011 American Thinker Change is in the air. From the toppling of Middle East potentates to the Tea Party’s dramatic rise to the recent historic public employee union legislation enacted across the Midwest, things suddenly seem to be turned on their heads. And from the unlikely location of central Indiana a new model has arisen for Jews whose unequivocal support for Israel and America has hitherto been marginalized. Background In...