Posted on February 10, 2016
Washington, D.C., – Yesterday, Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan which is designed to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants, the largest single source of carbon pollution. In response to this, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) has issued the following…
Posted on February 1, 2016
Washington, D.C., – The decision by the Israeli cabinet to approve an expanded egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall is a welcome step toward improving relations between Israel and the Diaspora and supporting increased participation at Judaism’s holiest site. The JCPA applauds the determination of concerned denominations in Israel and North America, as well…
Posted on January 14, 2016
Washington, D.C., – Yesterday, the House of Representative voted to repeal the Clean Water Rule under the Congressional Review Act. The House vote follows a similar action in the Senate. The repeal will now proceed to the President, who has threatened to veto it. In response to the vote, the Coalition on the Environment and…
Posted on January 12, 2016
With growing challenges to Israel’s legitimacy and American pluralism, we need now, more than ever, a strong and focused Jewish community relations movement. In the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, much of the Jewish community viewed the community relations agenda – public advocacy and relationship-building on behalf of the Jewish community – as central to…
Posted on January 4, 2016
NEW YORK (JTA) — If you want to understand why the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, or BDS, has gained so much ground in the past two years, look no further than intersectionality, the study of related systems of oppression. Intersectionality holds that various forms of oppression — racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and homophobia — constitute an…
Posted on December 18, 2015
Washington, D.C., December 18, 2015 – In response to the federal funding and tax agreement reached in Congress, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) has issued the following statement: We deeply appreciate the hard work and cooperative process that resulted in the legislative package agreed to by Congress. Rather than another government shut-down, Members…
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Posted on December 14, 2015
Washington, D.C., December 14, 2015 – The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) joins the global celebration over the signing of an international agreement to combat climate change. The agreement was made Saturday, following two weeks of negotiations at the 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
Posted on December 8, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Following recent morally reprehensible comments by candidates seeking the nation’s highest office, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) issued the following statement: All campaigns—especially those for the presidency—should be about finding solutions to our nation’s problems, not about divisive and inflammatory rhetoric. We call on all candidates to commit to addressing real…
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Posted on December 7, 2015
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Posted on December 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) released the following statement responding to the rash of mass shootings across the United States. Yesterday, in San Bernardino, California assailants killed 14 and injured another 21; less than a week after a heavily armed gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood center in Colorado Springs, Colorado,…