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Seeking latitude to press liberal causes, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

Now that it’s independent, the JCPA’s emphasis will be on the liberal agenda items that had aggravated some of its previous partners, including the Jewish Federations of North America.

Christian churches are urged to act against antisemitism, including by scrutinizing their own practices

The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations said it was alarmed by the possible “normalization of antisemitism in American discourse.”

Speaking to Orthodox group, Trump earns loudest applause for commuting kosher slaughter exec’s prison term

“That gets a bigger hand, think of that, that gets a bigger hand than Jerusalem?” Trump said, referring to his decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.