More than 50 Federation communities in North America had announced their plans for what was termed “gatherings of solidarity.”
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles revealed its role in the arrest of a white supremacist in California.
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.
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