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22 Sep 2009, 12:10 am
On Friday, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs released the text of a letter sent to the chairmen of Iowa's Republican and Democratic parties by a coalition of 18 national Jewish groups. [read post]
25 Oct 2013, 4:42 am by Howard Friedman
 The new members, according to JTA, are Elisa Spungen Bildner, a New Jerssey business CEO who has held leadership positions in several Jewish organizations;  John Farahi, a Nevada casino CEO and founder of a Jewish day school; and Dana Perlman, vice president of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and co-chair of the Democratic National Committee LGBT Leadership Council. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 1:50 am
The National Jewish Democratic Council is calling on the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations to rescind its invitation to Sarah Palin to participate in the protest rally against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Monday’s protest against Ahmadinejad is too important to be tainted by partisanship. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 10:26 pm
Sarah Palin and the National Jewish Democratic Council's request for Palin to be disinvited. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 10:48 pm
The National Jewish Democratic Council has begun an online campaign to oppose Sen. [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 1:05 am
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has drawn sharp criticism from People for the American Way and the National Jewish Democratic Council over remarks he made during a stump speech on Monday in Warren, Michigan. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 9:19 am by Glenn Reynolds
It was they, not Walker, who used Nazi imagery so offensive that the National Democratic Jewish Council was forced to condemn it. [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 3:13 pm
As part of their drive for Obama, the National Jewish Democratic Council released a video of two of Brandeis’ grandchildren, Frank Gilbert and Alice Popkin, endorsing Obama. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Media Law Prof] Tactical use of defamation suits not just a US/UK concern [Bangkok Post, Thailand] “So you’ve been threatened with a defamation suit” [Ken at Popehat] Federal judge tosses casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s libel suit against National Jewish Democratic Council [JTA, Las Vegas Review-Journal; earlier on Adelson] “‘Federal Verification Company’ Seeks to Shut Down Online Criticism” [Paul Alan… [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 8:11 am
Much to the chagrin of Jewish conservatives, the Anti-Defamation League, the Wiesenthal Center, the two AJCs, the National Council of Jewish Women, the UJA/Federation, and so forth and so on, consistently take liberal positions on domestic issues. [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 1:21 pm
If the first year of the United Nations Human Rights Council is any indication, it's grown sick and cynical -- partly because of the fecklessness and flexible morality of some of the very governments and groups that claim to be most committed to democratic values. [read post]
24 Dec 2016, 5:03 am
Obama on Israel and other sensitive issues, and the president acting aggressively to protect his legacy, the two have become leaders of what amounts to dueling administrations.The split widened on Friday when the Obama administration abstained from a United Nations Security Council vote that condemned Israel for Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and allowed the resolution to pass. [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 9:58 am by Eugene Kontorovich
 The Security Council resolution says that Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem are illegal and that the Israeli government must prevent them. [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 7:12 am by Eugene Kontorovich
(Eugene Kontorovich) The Council of Europe in Strasbourg has recommended nations consider banning child circumcision. [read post]
6 May 2014, 2:36 pm by Howard Wasserman
Galloway: I am not outraged or panicked about the future, as I somehow feel I should as a Jewish liberal Democrat. [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 9:37 am by Eugene Kontorovich
What makes the democracy argument effective is that it plays on deep-seated Jewish sentiments. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 10:22 am by Steve Lubet
Bernie promises to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council, the members of which currently include, among others, China, Cuba, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia (and Venezuela was a member until recently). [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Her statement included the following:Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn.Jewish groups, such as the National Jewish Democratic Council, took umbrage at her use of the term "blood libel", pointing out that the term has traditionally described the anti-Semitic canard that Jews use the blood of Christian children for rituals such as baking of Passover… [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 5:17 pm by Howard Friedman
Last week (Sept. 30), the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly  adopted Resolution 2076 titled Freedom of Religion and Living Together in a Democratic Society. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 10:50 am by David Kris
We met also with advisors to the Israeli National Security Council, a justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, and noted experts in international law. [read post]