Tag Archives: Jewish Community Relations Council

Progressives to Jewish establishment: Ray Kelly doesn’t deserve support

Members of the coalition Jews Against Islamophobia take to the Jewish Week to deliver a searing indictment of Ray Kelly, the NYPD chief.

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What Park Slope BDS activists were up against: the full force of the Israel lobby

Deep-pocketed and influential organizations threw their weight against BDS efforts at the Park Slope Food Co-op. Advocates for BDS still managed to garner 40 percent of the vote.

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Jewish establishment-backed mayoral candidates rush to denounce Park Slope BDS effort

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The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York must be happy that their allies in elected office, such as New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio pictured above, are rushing to denounce BDS efforts at the Park Slope Food Co-op.

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Jews Say No! and JVP condemn support for NYPD chief Ray Kelly

Progressive Jewish groups are condemning the JCRC’s support for Ray Kelly and the NYPD. ‘We stand with the Muslim community,’ a press release says.

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The Jewish establishment goes to bat for Ray Kelly and the NYPD

The Jewish Community Relations Council has praised Ray Kelly as the best police chief ever. But critics say that Jewish institutional support for the NYPD will harm Jewish-Muslim relations.

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Report: Minnesota Jewish group helped Israeli government monitor ‘bad Muslim,’ Rep. Ellison

Keith Ellison, the progressive Congressional representative for Minneapolis’ fifth district, is no darling of the Israeli government, largely because of the letter he spearheaded that called for an end to the blockade of Gaza.  Now, new details indicate that the … Continue reading

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