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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — As Congress and the White House hold increasingly contentious conversations about a package of tax cuts, B’nai B’rith International expresses its deep concern about the impact some of the proposed changes could have on the vital senior safety net, Social Security. The White House and Congressional Republicans are working on […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Air Force announced Friday, Dec. 11, that Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, is its preferred alternative to potentially host a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA maintenance and flying training unit in the United States.  Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz validated

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In response to the Senate’s failure on Thursday, Dec. 9, to advance legislation to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: “Today, Senators have failed to support the men and women of the U.S. Armed

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) have introduced the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act in order to extend critical federal civil rights protections

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–For the fifth consecutive year, the Helen Diller Family Foundation wants to reward California’s most philanthropically minded young Jewish teens with a significant financial recognition of their commitment to social action.  Five California teens will be named recipients of the 2011 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award and each will receive an honorarium

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Marc R. Stanley of Dallas, Texas, chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) and David A. Harris, President and CEO of NJDC, today jointly issued the following statement calling on national Republican leadership – including Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) – to condemn the actions of key leaders of the Republican Party

From Zionist Organization of America: NEW YORK  (Press Release)– We now know that President Barack Hussein Obama apparently intentionally misled Israel when demanding that Israel must make substantial one-sided concessions to the Palestinian Authority in order to gain support from the Arab nations to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. This above stated fact is

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In response to the New START treaty pending in the Senate, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, sent a letter to Senators urging ratification. The full text of the letter follows: Dear Senator: On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose more than 900 congregations

PHOENIX (Press Release) – The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) expressed deep concern on Thursday, Dec. 2,  with the military’s process for vetting Muslim clerics admitted to the Chaplain corps of the United State Military. Congress needs to give serious consideration to the concerns raised recently by former DoD Inspector General Joseph Schmitz to