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| Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council Launches Digital Initiative to Counter Hate and Division |
| AJC Global Voice | 3-minute read |
| For five years, the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC), co-convened by AJC and the Islamic Society of North America, has worked to combat hate, most recently urging Congress to pass the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act. Now a new series of short videos is telling the story of how Muslims and Jews are partnering on issues of shared concern. READ MORE |
| AJC spreads the word: The videos and other stories of Muslim-Jewish cooperation have been featured on MJAC’s new social media accounts also launched this week. (Follow MJAC on Facebook and Twitter) |
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AJC takes action: Join MJAC and urge your representative in Congress to address rising hate in America by passing the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act. (Send a letter at AJC.org/NOHATE)
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| Hoboken’s first Sikh mayor is on the front lines of fighting antisemitism |
| Jewish Insider | 4-minute read |
| Mayor Ravi Bhalla of Hoboken, New Jersey, the first Sikh to hold elected office in the Garden State, has made fighting discrimination a priority. He has cultivated close ties with the city’s Jewish community, reaching out after the 2018 massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Following the 2019 shooting in a Jersey City kosher supermarket, Mayor Bhalla met with community members, including parents at his daughter’s Jewish preschool, to address fears of antisemitic violence. READ MORE |
| AJC responds: Nearly 600 American city leaders have signed the Mayors United Against Antisemitism statement, an initiative of The U.S. Conference of Mayors and AJC. Bhalla was one of New Jersey’s first. Has your mayor joined? (See on AJC.org/mayors) |
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| A New Face Tries to Form Israel’s Coalition Government |
| The Jerusalem Post | 2-minute read |
| After Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a new government expired Wednesday night, President Reuven Rivlin tapped Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, to do so. Lapid has 28 days to present a viable governing coalition. READ MORE |
