{"id":99971,"date":"2016-07-03T07:06:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99971"},"modified":"2016-07-03T07:10:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:10:11","slug":"whenever-i-hear-the-term-jewish-groups-i-reach-for-my-torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99971","title":{"rendered":"Whenever I hear the term &#8220;Jewish groups,&#8221; I reach for my Torah."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just put &#8220;Jewish groups&#8221; into Google News and got these results:<\/p>\n<p>* British Jewish groups condemn hate crimes in wake of Brexit vote<br \/>\nThe Jewish Standard-Jun 29, 2016<br \/>\nJewish groups in Britain condemned the uptick in racist harassment and other hate crimes in the wake of the country&#8217;s vote to leave the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Anti-Terror Grants That Benefit Jewish Groups Rise by 55%<br \/>\nForward-Jun 30, 2016<br \/>\n(JTA) \u2014 In a program that has benefited Jewish institutions, the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $20 million in security &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* US Jewish Groups Praise Supreme Court&#8217;s Repeal of Texas &#8230;<br \/>\nHaaretz-Jun 28, 2016<br \/>\n&#8216;Jewish tradition teaches the importance of a woman&#8217;s ability to make her own healthcare decisions,&#8217; rabbi says after court slams HB2 law as &#8230;<br \/>\nJewish Groups Applaud Pro-Choice Supreme Court Ruling<br \/>\nInternational-The Jewish Week-Jun 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>* Supreme Court Immigration Ruling Leaves Millions in Limbo, Some &#8230;<br \/>\nForward-Jun 25, 2016<br \/>\nNot all Jewish groups support the president&#8217;s actions, however. Though Morton Klein, the national president of the Zionist Organization of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Bay Area Jewish groups push for gun control measures<br \/>\nJweekly.com-Jun 23, 2016<br \/>\nIn the wake of the Senate this week failing to advance four bipartisan gun control measures, Bay Area-based Jewish groups are decrying &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Jewish Groups Hail Passage of Massachusetts Bill Protecting Transgender Rights<br \/>\nControversial measure, approved Wednesday by a vote of 116-32, allows people to use facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>* Jewish groups react to UK&#8217;s &#8216;divisive&#8217; Brexit vote to leave EU<br \/>\nJNS.org-Jun 24, 2016<br \/>\n(JNS.org) Jewish groups and leaders in the United Kingdom swiftly reacted to voters&#8217; decision to leave the European Union in the Brexit &#8230;<br \/>\nJewish groups and Israeli leaders hail David Cameron &#8211; who &#8230;<br \/>\nEuropean Jewish Press-Jun 25, 2016<\/p>\n<p>* Jewish groups gear up for San Francisco Pride parade<br \/>\nJweekly.com-Jun 9, 2016<br \/>\nSeveral Jewish organizations will send contingents to the annual Pride Parade on June 26 in San Francisco. The JCC of San Francisco, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Orlando Jewish groups respond to shooting with sadness, calls to &#8230;<br \/>\nHeritage Florida Jewish News-Jun 17, 2016<br \/>\nJewish groups in Orlando responded to the mass shooting attack at the Pulse nightclub with messages of sadness and sympathy, and calls to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* The occupation that killed Hallel Yaffa Ariel<br \/>\nJewish Journal-Jul 1, 2016<br \/>\nJewish groups who crave peace must call for an end to the occupation of Palestinian hearts and minds with vicious, genocidal, demonizing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Donald Trump deletes tweet showing Hillary Clinton and star of &#8230;<br \/>\nJewish Telegraphic Agency-3 hours ago<br \/>\nJewish groups, however, have been critical of what they say is the campaign&#8217;s slow response in disavowing followers, including former Ku Klux &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just put &#8220;Jewish groups&#8221; into Google News and got these results: * British Jewish groups condemn hate crimes in wake of Brexit vote The Jewish Standard-Jun 29, 2016 Jewish groups in Britain condemned the uptick in racist harassment and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99971\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99971"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99977,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99971\/revisions\/99977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}