JCJ Responds to violence, coup attempt in Washington, DC
In response to today’s news out of Washington, DC, Rabbi Joel Simonds, Executive Director of the Jewish Center for Justice, issued a video response. From the video: “When there is calm, and when we have rid our nation’s capitol of this horrific...
UPDATE: Two Major Israeli Parties Seeking Knesset Control in Unprecedented Election
**This post is an update to our June 20 blog about the upcoming September 17 snap elections in Israel. Israel will hold a historically unprecedented election for Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on September 17. Whichever party manages to secure the plurality of seats...
Regardless of political party, we must all agree that free and fair elections should come first
A lack of affordable health care, a divisive media climate, and gun violence are just a sampling of the dozens of issues of paramount importance currently facing America. Some issues have a short-term impact while some will impact us for generations to come, but all...