October 27, 2023 Today marks five years since the Tree of Life shooting, in which a white supremacist killed 11 Jews in synagogue on Shabbat. We’re commemorating the fifth anniversary of the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States — even as we continue to mourn October
October 20, 2023 Dear friends, I’m writing to you from Israel, as I conclude a two-day solidarity mission with my fellow CEOs of Jewish American organizations. We were here because it’s vital to show the Israeli people that the Jewish American community is with them. As one survivor of Hamas’
Since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel on October 7th, we’ve seen bigots and extremists exploit the crisis to spread hate, disinformation, and extremism. This is a moment of deep Jewish pain, mourning the lives taken and praying for the safe release of the hostages in Gaza – and this pain
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 17, 2023 Media Contact:jcpa@westendstrategy.com At a Moment of Rising Hate and Bigotry, Statement Organized by JCPA Underscores Urgency of Fighting Hate Against Muslim, Arab, and Jewish Americans: “All of Our Communities’ Safety and Futures are Inextricably Linked” In the wake of the attack in which a six-year-old
October 12, 2023 Dear friends, It has not been an easy few days. It’s now clear that October 7th was the deadliest day for the Jewish community since the Holocaust — and each new detail about Hamas’ attacks in Israel provides another level of horror. Make no mistake: our community
From The Chronicle of PhilanthropyBy Drew LindsayOctober 12, 2023 The crisis demands intense, pressure-packed effort, yet the horrifying violence is hitting close to home. As war rages in Israel, where Marina Rosenberg emigrated as a little girl from Argentina, she pulls together her team by Zoom. Rosenberg joins from Washington, D.C., where
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 11, 2023 In response to growing concerns about bigotry, disinformation, and hate crimes related to the situation in Israel and Gaza, Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), issued the following statement: “Let’s be abundantly clear: antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all forms of
Dear friends, I don’t have sufficient words to describe the horror of the past two days. To wake up on Saturday morning — Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret — to a barrage of headlines: Some 2,500 rockets batter Israel, terrorists infiltrate from Gaza, Israeli civilians killed “We are being slaughtered”: Israel
For Immediate Release: October 7, 2023 Statement from JCPA Board Chair Leslie Dannin Rosenthal and CEO Amy Spitalnick: “Our hearts are utterly broken watching the horrific news out of Israel. As Israeli families were marking Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, they were brutally and deliberately attacked in communities across the
September 22, 2023 We are here between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, a time when we’re called to consider who we’ll be in the year ahead — at a moment when the Jewish community itself is facing existential questions of who we are and what we stand for. In the U.S. and
