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May 8, 2024
Press Release: Students Back Off Lawsuit to Show Antisemitic Film at Washington High School
JCRC of Greater Washington
The JCRC of Greater Washington, the Louis D.
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May 7, 2024
Rooting antisemitism out of K-12 schools requires proven, bipartisan solutions
The Hill
A series of hearings held by the House Education and the Workforce Committee in recent months has appropriately shined a harsh spotlight on the sharp escalation of antisemitism in education settings across the country.
But as tomorrow’s congressional hearing examining antisemitism specifically in K-12 schools approaches — which will closely examine Montgomery County Public Schools, among other districts — the committee should aim to lower the temperature, not raise it. Lawmakers in both parties should use the hearing to not only deliver bipartisan condemnation of rising antisemitism but also to deliver bipartisan solutions that help schools more effectively address it.
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May 7, 2024
Press Release: Jewish Groups Support High School’s Efforts to Ban Screening of Antisemitic Film
JCRC of Greater Washington
The JCRC of Greater Washington joined the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the American Jewish Committee in filing an amicus brief today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia supporting Jackson-Reed High School's decision to prevent a student-sponsored screening of an antisemitic documentary rife with hate speech. The full press release can be read below:
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May 7, 2024
JCRC Letter to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
JCRC of Greater Washington
Read the JCRC Letter to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
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April 25, 2024
JCRC Statement on Alarming Anti-Jewish University Protests
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington:
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April 22, 2024
JCRC Statement on Congressman Raskin's Vote Against Critical Israel Aid Bill
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington, in response to Congressman Jamie Raskin voting against legislation that provides security funding to Israel and humanitarian relief to Gaza.
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April 17, 2024
JCRC Statement on Alleged Antisemitism Within DC Abortion Fund
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Guila Franklin Siegel, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington, in response to accounts of antisemitism among leaders of the DC Abortion Fund.
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April 16, 2024
JCRC Statement on Antisemitic Movie Scheduled to Be Shown at Montgomery College
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Guila Franklin Siegel, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, in response to the film The Occupation of the American Mind that was scheduled to be shown on Tuesday by a student group on Montgomery College’s campus.
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April 13, 2024
A Statement to the Jewish Community of Greater Washington
JCRC of Greater Washington
Ron Halber
Executive Director
Jewish Community Relation Council of Greater Washington
Gil Preuss
Chief Executive Officer
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington -
April 10, 2024
JCRC Statement on Conclusion of 2024 Maryland General Assembly
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Ron Halber, Executive Director of the JCRC of Greater Washington, and Deborah Miller, Director of Maryland Government Affairs and Community Relations for the JCRC of Greater Washington, upon the conclusion on Monday night of the 2024 Maryland General Assembly session.
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April 5, 2024
JCRC Responds to Statement by Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Vice-Chair Juli Briskman
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from JCRC of Greater Washington Executive Director Ron Halber and Director of Virginia Government and Community Relations Vicki Fishman in response to the statement from Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Vice-Chair Juli Briskman.
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March 20, 2024
JCRC Statement on Failed Efforts by Anti-Israel Activists to Cancel Sold-Out Matisyahu Concert
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, on the sold-out Matisyahu concert tonight at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.
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March 19, 2024
JCRC Statement on Holocaust Survivor Presentation at Cooper Middle School
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Guila Franklin Siegel, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, in response to media reports concerning the presentation delivered by Holocaust survivor Col. Frank Cohn at Cooper Middle School in Fairfax County, VA.
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March 12, 2024
JCRC Statement on Reinstatement of Suspended Montgomery County Teachers
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Guila Franklin Siegel, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, in response to Montgomery County Public Schools’ reinstatement of teachers following investigations of antisemitic activity.
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March 7, 2024
JCRC Statement on Failure of MCEA Ceasefire Resolution
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Ron Halber (executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington) and Guila Franklin Siegel (associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington) in response to today’s Montgomery County Education Association meeting.
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March 3, 2024
JCRC Statement on MCEA Proposed Ceasefire Resolution
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Ron Halber (executive director) and Guila Franklin Siegel (associate director) of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, in response to the Montgomery County Education Association’s upcoming vote this week on endorsing a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.
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February 29, 2024
JCRC Roundtable Event Features Palestinian Human Rights Activist
Washington Jewish Week
Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid spent 33 years living in a United Nations Refugee Works Agency camp. As he grew older, he could not stop wondering why so many of his fellow Palestinians were still in the same refugee camps when they should have moved on generations ago.
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February 29, 2024
Maryland Jewish Advocacy Day Focuses on Holocaust Education and Combating Antisemitism
Washington Jewish Week
More than 250 people traveled to Annapolis from Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Howard County on Feb. 21 for Maryland Jewish Advocacy Day, which took place for the first time since the pandemic struck.
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February 21, 2024
State lawmakers debate whether to remove CAIR from hate crimes commission
Moco360 Media
Tensions flared in the Maryland General Assembly House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as legislators and community leaders debated whether the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) should be removed from the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention.
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February 15, 2024
JCRC Statement on CAIR’s lawsuit against Montgomery County Public Schools
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Guila Franklin Siegel, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, in response to the announcement of CAIR’s lawsuit against the Montgomery County Public Schools.
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February 12, 2024
JCRC Statement on Rescue of Two Israeli Hostages from Hamas Terrorists
JCRC of Greater Washington
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February 3, 2024
JCRC of Greater Washington
The following is a statement from Guila Franklin Siegel, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington, on the resignation of Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight.
We thank Dr. McKnight for her distinguished service and her leadership of MCPS as it emerged from the COVID pandemic and confronted a multitude of unprecedented challenges.
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February 2, 2024
DC, NY, Ottawa Jews urge Qatar to help release hostages in Gaza
Jewish News Syndicate
Members of the Jewish communities of New York City, Ottawa and Washington, D.C., held coordinated demonstrations on Feb. 2 at Qatari diplomatic buildings to urge Doha to put additional pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages in Gaza.
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February 1, 2024
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish communities in the United States are also urging Qatar to stay in the game. Several hundred Washington area Jews rallied recently outside the Qatari embassy in Washington, asking for greater efforts to free the hostages. More rallies are planned for Friday outside Qatari missions in Washington, New York and Ottawa.
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January 29, 2024
Rabbi attacked by Lyft driver in Northwest DC
WUSA9
"An assault on a rabbi is an assault on the Jewish community," Ron Halber of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington told WUSA9. "The fact that a rabbi has to worry about his safety taking a Lyft or Uber is a sad commentary on where we are today."