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Election Day: Together For a Fair and Accessible Electoral Process
We are proud to share an important message from our partners at A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy. As a united Jewish community, we are committed to amplifying the collective voice that supports and puts trust in a fair and accessible electoral process. Congratulations, friends. We did it. As polls start closing…
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JCRC Statement on the Commission to Combat Antisemitism
The Jewish Community Relations Council is proud that our CEO, Jeremy Burton, has been appointed to Massachusetts’ Commission to Combat Antisemitism by Senate President Karen Spilka. This is the first time that a legislature in the United States has established a commission to specifically counter antisemitism. As the largest collective voice of the Jewish community…
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Let Oct. 7 be about Oct. 7
Originally published in the Boston Globe “For the past year, we’ve seen towns and cities, public institutions, colleges, and other spaces across the Commonwealth engage in fraught, tension-laden discord over how to talk about the ongoing events in the Middle East and how to hold the pain and trauma of all residents of Massachusetts. As…