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regional agencies comprising the field
The resolutions and policies are
of Jewish community relations. Some
neatly indexed and referenced to topic
of its member agencies include the
and year. The action alerts are current
American Jewish Committee, the
only to Oct. 27, 1999, but the press
American Jewish Council, the Anti-
releases are up to date. There is a
Defamation League, B'nai B'rith,
search
button, and a weekly newsletter
Hadassah and ORT. This umbrella
documenting
happenings in New York
organization was created by the
and
Washington,
D.C., also archived
Council of Jewish Federations in 1944
and up-to-date.
as the National Jewish Community
Some pages aren't up and running
Relations Advisory Council. It became
just yet, including the Ideas Forum
the Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Bulletin Board, and Community
in 1997 with the mission to "safe-
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guard the rights of Jews throughout
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agree
on
policies,and resolutions,
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right? You won't be surprised then to
Council of Metropolitan Detroit is a
note the "dissenting" opinion of the
member agency.
Union of Orthodox Jewish
For the politically minded surfer,
Congregations of America on such
the site offers easy access to all JCPA
policies as abortion rights and public
policy positions, resolutions and state-
funding for private religious educa-
ments, action alerts, legislative updates
tion. After all, we all know that a
(under construction), services and
group
of 135 Jewish organizations
publications, including archives. It
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