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jewish groups
Jewish groups mobilize in Baton Rouge to aid flood victims
At midnight on Aug. 13, the floodwaters began to flow into Ellen Sager’s Baton Rouge home.
Jewish groups to protest pro-Palestinian gathering in Berlin
A coalition of Jewish and pro-Israel groups is planning to protest a pro-Palestinian event in Berlin that is alleged to have ties to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.
Jewish groups praise Obama on LGBT worker rights expansion
A number of Jewish groups praised President Obama for extending federal job protections for gay employees to employees of government contractors.
Jewish groups react swiftly to escalation of Gaza rocket attacks on Israel
Jewish organizations had an outpouring of reaction on Wednesday to the escalation of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel that had started Saturday—conveying their prayers for the safety of southern Israelis, condemning the Hamas terrorism, and affirming the Jewish state’s right to respond.
Partisan Jewish groups focus on budget in assessing Ryan pick
Partisan Jewish groups focused on Paul Ryan\’s leading role in the budget stand-off in assessing Mitt Romney\’s pick as running mate.
Forward analysis: Jewish groups get most security grants
Most Homeland Security grants have gone to Jewish institutions in the six years since the program was instituted, a Forward analysis has discovered.
Jewish groups say U.N. resolution is inevitable, but its wording isn’t set
All but resigned to the inevitability of a Palestinian push for statehood at the United Nations later this month, Jewish groups are hoping that its effects can be blunted through aggressive diplomacy and the threat of action by the U.S. Congress.
Homeland Security to give $15 million to Jewish groups for security
The U.S. Homeland Security Dept. will providing about $15 million in grants to Jewish communal organizations and institutions considered vulnerable to attack.
Jewish groups join voices against boycott law
More major U.S. Jewish groups spoke out against Israel\’s anti-boycott law.