The local Washington DC Jewish Federation has decided not to host this event, presumably because of the planned protests by anti-judicial-reform Israelis and Americans
Panelists sniped at each other over the Israeli government’s attempt to overhaul Israel’s judiciary and its threat to tighten immigration rules.
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer is on a week-long trip touring American and Canadian Jewish communities for the first time since taking office.
They wrote in an open letter urging that "a 61-seat Knesset majority should not be allowed to override Supreme Court decisions."
They also advocated the committees to fund programs that would fight antisemitism and hate crimes, care for Holocaust survivors and other vulnerable populations.
Global Jewish communities have sprung into action to help those suffering from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Birn was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned candy company in Pennsylvania.
An unknown masked person threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a synagogue around three in the morning.
For US Jewish organizations, the new Congress will mean seeking consensus between Republicans and Democrats to promote bills on issues important for the community.
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