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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – ­U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, along with 11 other Committee Republicans, introduced legislation Wednesdday that would provide legal protections to individuals who report suspicious activity that may reflect a terrorist threat.  The See Something, Say Something Act of 2011 would provide civil immunity in […]

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Floridaa) introduced legislation Wednesday requiring terrorists to be tried as enemy combatants, not common criminals. Buchanan’s bill, the “Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act” will mandate that any terrorist who attacks the United States or its people be interrogated, prosecuted and tried in military court, not civilian court. “The American

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In the aftermath of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords,  Judge John Rule and others in Tucson, the Congressional Research Service has compiled and published  a list of laws already on the books punishing violence against federal officials.  * Preceding based on material provided by Congressional Research Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union message on Tuesday evening, before a packed joint session of Congress in which Republicans and Democrats sat interspersed rather than across the aisle.  Here is the text of the President’s remarks: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced Monday that it will begin an effort to investigate the existing workplace policies for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees at Jewish non-profit organizations. The work, an expansion of HRC’s workplace equality project, is supported by a generous lead grant from the Charles and Lynn

NEW YORK (Press Release)– To address the varied challenges posed by the planned September 2011 commemoration of the United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, known as “Durban III,” the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has created a special national committee to be chaired by Robert Sugarman, chairman

NEW YORK (WJC) — At a ceremony in New York’s Park East Synagogue, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the denial of the Shoah was intolerable. Ban attended a ceremony marking the upcoming International Holocaust Memorial Day attended by representatives from countries including Germany, India, Poland, South Korea, Hungary and Italy. Rabbi

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release) Congressman Ted Poe (R-Texas), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement criticizing the decision to officially hoist the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag outside its office in Washington, DC: “Why are we allowing the Palestinian flag to be raised in our nation’s capital? They haven’t done anything

WASHINGTON, D.C., (Press Release)— In response to troubling comments and subsequent apologies made this week by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (TN), Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: “In the last several days, troubling rhetoric has been used by both Gov.