Posts Tagged: Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations
Top US Jewish Groups Call for Sponsors to Pull Support of Roger Waters’ Mexico Tour
Top US Jewish groups are urging sponsors of anti-Israel activist and ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Water’s upcoming concert tour in Mexico to withdraw their support. In...
At UN, Conference of Presidents Remembers 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht
JNS.org - The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations commemorated the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or “Night of the Broken Glass,” last week at the...
Top US Jewish Groups Stand in Solidarity With Israel Amid Gaza Rocket Assault
Top US Jewish groups have reacted with concern to the massive Gaza rocket attack on southern Israel on Monday in which more than a dozen...
American Jewry ‘Lost Its Innocence This Week,’ Community Leader Says After Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
American Jewry "lost its innocence this week," a top community leader told The Algemeiner on Tuesday, as the first of the funerals for the 11...
Top US Jewish Groups Welcome Senate’s Approval of Human Shields Act Targeting Hamas and Hezbollah
Top US Jewish groups have welcomed the Senate’s passage on Thursday of legislation designed to counter the use of human shields by two main anti-Israel...
Leading US Jewish Groups: Kushner’s Push to Reform UNRWA ‘Long Overdue’
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner’s push to reform the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is a welcome development, a number of...
Top US Jewish Group Calls It ‘Completely Inappropriate’ for Palestinian Authority to Lead Bloc of Developing Nations at UN
A top US Jewish group expressed “deep concern” on Thursday over the recent news that the Palestinian Authority will take over in January leadership of...
US Jewish Leaders Call for Global Condemnation of Hamas for ‘Eco-Terrorism’ Attacks Against Israel
Hamas must be castigated globally for the kite bomb and incendiary balloon attacks it has been conducting against Israel in recent months, two top American...
Top American Jewish Leader: US Must Stand by Its Allies as Middle East Map Is Being Redrawn
As instability continues to reign in the Middle East, the US must back its allies and challenge its enemies, a top American Jewish leader told...
US Jewish and Pro-Israel Groups Extol Trump’s Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal
Top US Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted on Tuesday -- largely with praise -- to President Donald Trump’s announcement of America's withdrawal from the Iran...
Mayor: Jerusalem Is One of the Safest Cities in World Due to ‘Zero Misuse’ of Guns
JNS.org - Despite the constant threat of terror in Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has announced that “Jerusalem is one of the safest cities...
Jewish Leaders: Abbas’ Istanbul Speech a Rejection of Peace, Insult to Judaism
JNS.org - Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday criticized Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech at the...
US Jewish Leaders Call on University of Cape Town to Reject BDS Initiative
JNS.org - The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations last week called on the University of Cape Town (UCT) to “thoroughly reject” an academic...
Top American Jewish Leader: Iran Violating ‘Deeply Flawed’ Nuclear Deal, Stricter Sanctions Are Needed
The future of the Iran nuclear deal will be uppermost in the mind of one of the American Jewish community’s top leaders this week as...
