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ACTION ALERT: Cambridge City Council will consider Resolution “in support of an enduring ceasefire in Gaza.”
OUR MESSAGE TO THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL We want to make the Cambridge community aware of the proposed ceasefire resolution on the agenda for the Cambridge
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ACTION ALERT: Somerville City Council will consider Resolution “in support of an enduring ceasefire in Gaza.”
On Thursday, January 25th at 7:00PM, Somerville City Council will consider Resolution #240089 “in support of an enduring ceasefire in Gaza.” OUR MESSAGE TO
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In America, Black- Jewish Relations Feel the Strain in Wake of Harvard President’s Ouster
Jeremy Burton, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, calls Brooks “an incredibly solid ally” of the Jewish community and “a moral
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Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
Jeremy Burton, who as CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston has advocated for Jewish issues on Harvard’s campus, said the focus on Gay
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JCRC’s Dan Osborn Talks New Education Position
It’s an understatement to say that Dan Osborn’s first two months with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston have been unusually challenging.This fall,
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Among Jewish Americans, a ‘quiet middle’ has growing qualms over the war in Gaza
There’s a sense of people wanting to be more clear that they are resolutely committed to the people of Israel, which is not the same
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Mass. teacher’s association calls for ceasefire in Gaza
Any cease-fire resolution should include an explicit condemnation of the Hamas terrorist attack, a call for a return of the Israeli hostages, and for the removal of Hamas as a controlling actor in Gaza, according to the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston.
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‘Anti-Semitic Dog Whistling’: Massachusetts Teachers Union Slammed For Saying U.S. Complicit in Genocide in Gaza
Any such resolution that does not demand a return of the hostages or call for removal of Hamas as a terrorist organization fails to address
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Boston city councilors ‘blindsided’ by presentation honoring pro-Palestinian student walkout
The “deeply hurtful display,” however, was criticized by the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council on X, the site formerly known as Twitter on Friday. The
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Temporary cease-fire in Gaza draws mixed reactions from Mass. Jewish and Muslim communities
Jeremy Burton, the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, said reading how the Israeli military prepared its forces who would
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New Mass. state police unit will target hate crimes
Jeremy Burton called the HART team a “step in the right direction.”
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ACTION ALERT: TAKE ACTION AS THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS ‘CEASFIRE NOW’ RESOLUTION
At a time when our community should be attuned to the risks and challenges of antisemitism in all its forms, we and our member organizations, representing a multiplicity of Jewish perspectives, found Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s recent comments troubling.