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Breaking News Jewish Women’s Groups Slam Kavanaugh Confirmation
(JTA) — Liberal Jewish groups and Jewish groups representing women slammed the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. National Council of Jewish Women CEO Nancy Kaufman called Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court “a devastating blow to the confirmation process, and to women and all survivors of sexual assault.” “The expectation that…
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News After Franken’s Resignation, Jewish Women Hope For ‘Wake-Up Call’
Laura Monn Ginsburg cried when she watched her U.S. senator announce his resignation. But she also said that Al Franken did the right thing by stepping down. “I’m sad for Minnesota. We’ve lost a good senator,” Monn Ginsburg, the incoming president of the National Council of Jewish Women’s Minnesota section, told the Forward. “But there’s…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Call For Tougher Gun Control Laws After Las Vegas Attack
(JTA) — Jewish groups responded to the mass shooting in Las Vegas by condemning the violence and calling for gun control legislation. At least 58 people are dead and more than 500 wounded in the attack at a country music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Strip late Sunday night. It is…
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Breaking News In Chicago, Trump’s Actions Are Growing a Widening Coalition of Protesters
Worries have evaporated among organizers about how to follow up on the January 21 Chicago Women’s March, which drew 250,000 protesters. Contrary to widespread concern about losing the energy that coalesced around the massive outpouring that took place in Chicago and other cities nationwide that day, said Donna Gutman, president of the North Shore chapter…
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Breaking News Liberal Jewish Groups Get Surge of Donations After Donald Trump’s Win
Almost immediately after Heidi Feldman, a professor at Georgetown Law, learned that Donald Trump had been elected president, she decided to make a range of donations to organizations that supported civil liberties. “In addition to supporting more general organizations,” she said, “I thought it was important, with the rise of anti-Semitism and anti-black rhetoric, to…
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Life During Passover, Remember That Sex Trafficking is Bondage
As Jews across the world gather to celebrate Passover, we are reminded of our ancient history of struggle to escape bondage in Egypt. Of the many forms of oppression involving forced labor that persist in our world, surely sex trafficking is among the most pernicious, and the spirit of Passover ought to prompt us to…
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Breaking News Jewish Women Take On Human Trafficking
The National Council of Jewish Women has partnered in an online petition calling on President Obama to fund programs that fight human trafficking and assist victims. The petition with Polaris, a global nongovermental organization, can be found at change.org. Titled “Fight Human Trafficking in the United States: It Happens Here,” the petition implores Obama “to…
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