JCPA joined over 100 Jewish organizations signing onto a letter to Elon Musk, the CEO Of Twitter, with concerns about the proliferation of hate speech on the platform. The letter strongly urged Musk to act swiftly to address the increase in antisemitic and white supremacist tweets on Twitter. For the
Reflections on Dinnerwith NAACP Executive Committeeand JCPA Leaders: TacklingRacism, Antisemitism and VotingRights Together Reflections on Dinnerwith NAACP Executive Committeeand JCPA Leaders: TacklingRacism, Antisemitism and VotingRights Together by Melanie Roth Gorelick, Senior Vice President, Jewish Council for Public Affairs To address the increase of antisemitism and racism in America, the Jewish
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) strongly condemns the heinous racist shootings in Buffalo and the white supremacist tropes which inspired the shooter. The shooter, who livestreamed his actions on social media and circulated a manifesto espousing violently racist and antisemitic sentiments online shortly before the attack, intended to
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) congratulates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her successful, bipartisan confirmation to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. “Judge Jackson’s confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court is cause for celebration for our entire nation in this moment and
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) congratulates Ambassador Dr. Deborah Lipstadt as the newly confirmed U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. Ambassador Lipstadt has been a close friend and partner to our organization. She is extremely qualified for this position and is the right person at the
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) is dismayed at the statement issued by Rev. Dr. J Herbert Nelson, II Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church USA on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. day, accusing Israel of enslavement of other human beings and holding U.S. Jews accountable. His
A Broad coalition of national Jewish groups send letter to Congress calling for the immediate passage of a clean Dream Act. JCPA teams up with 140 Dreamers and several Latino organizations to elevate the message. Today, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), on behalf of a broad coalition of
In response to the the Government of Israel’s recent announcement that there are plans underway to deport the approximately 35,000 – 40,000 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers living in Israel to several African governments, including Uganda and Rwanda, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) issued the following statement: “JCPA recognizes
On Wednesday, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), and 53 other Jewish nonprofits, charitable organizations, and religious institutions sent a letter urging Congress to reject efforts to weaken or repeal the Johnson Amendment, the existing law the prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing
