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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2020 Media Contact: Sarah Garfinkel, West End Strategy Team sgarfinkel@westendstrategy.com; 202-765-4290 WASHINGTON – As the counting of ballots continues throughout the country and no clear winner declared in the presidential election, National Council of Jewish Women CEO Sheila Katz released the following statement urging calm:…
Originally published by Haaretz October 27, 2020 By Allison Kaplan Sommer A long list of American Jewish organizations harshly criticized Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court eight days before the election. Barrett, 48, was sworn in as the court’s 115th justice on…
Originally published by The Jerusalem Post October 27, 2020 Omri Nahmias WASHINGTON – Jewish organizations at the left and the right reacted on Monday night to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court Justice. She was sworn in at the White House on Monday night. The Republican…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2020 Media Contact: Alyson Malinger, West End Strategy Team amalinger@westendstrategy.com; 917-935-7311 National Council of Jewish Women Appalled by Senate’s Rush to Seat Amy Coney Barrett Jewish women decry lack of COVID relief in favor of a sham confirmation process for the highest court in the…
Originally published by Ms. Magazine October 26, 2020 By Sheila Katz As we approach the eighth month of living with the devastating ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 225,000 Americans are dead and more than 30 million people have lost their jobs. Nevertheless, the leaders of our government have…
Originally published by JTA October 26, 2020 By Larry Luxner (JTA) — A virus forced the World Zionist Congress to go virtual for the first time since its founding in 1897. But that didn’t stop last week’s gathering, held once every five years, from being any less crucial — or…