WASHINGTON (JTA) — Senate Democrats meeting with Jewish organizational leaders pledged to police the Iran nuclear deal and applauded Jewish backing for resettling Syrian refugees…
The senators were moved by presentations on the refugee crisis by Mark Hetfield, the president of HIAS, the lead Jewish agency handling immigration issues, and Greg Rosenbaum, the chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council. The overwhelming majority of Jewish groups back Obama’s plan to settle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States over the next year, despite a swelling of GOP opposition to the program in recent weeks.
Other topics discussed included the boycott Israel movement. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., expressed alarm at its growth on California campuses.
