Today, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus announced its legislative priorities for 2023. This year, the Caucus has selected important legislation for two legislative packages that further the mission of the Jewish Caucus: to advance the Jewish Community’s top priorities and uplift vulnerable Californians of all faiths and backgrounds.
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Gov. Newsom makes his first proclamation of Jewish heritage month, touts antisemitism measures
Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a proclamation declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month in California.
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Jewish Caucus Observes Yom HaShoah in the State Capitol
Yesterday, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus observed Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the State Capitol.
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Jewish Caucus Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
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Jewish Caucus Announces Leadership for 2023-2024 Legislative Session
The California Legislative Jewish Caucus elected Senator Scott Wiener (D- San Francisco) and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) as Co-Chairs of the Caucus and Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) as Vice Chair. They will assume their roles immediately.
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How California is cracking down on social media disinformation
As an Arab Muslim woman teaching in California for the past decade, I have heard more hate and di
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Jewish Legislative Caucus Calls for Adidas to Drop Kanye, Also Citing Founder’s Nazi Ties
Today, the leaders of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus condemned Kanye West’s spreading o
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Jewish Caucus Speaks Out Against Kanye West Anti-Jewish Hate
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Chair and Vice Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, released the following statement today on behalf of the Jewish Caucus.
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California Legislative Diversity Caucuses take a unified stance calling for immediate resignation of Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de Leon, and Gil Cedillo.
We, the members of California Legislative Diversity Caucus—comprised of the California Legislative Black Caucus, California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, California Asian American & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, California Latino Legislative Caucus, California Legislative Jewish Caucus, and the California Legislative Women's Caucus—are appalled at the anti-Black, anti-Indigenous and homophobic statements made in conversation between Los Angeles City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de Leon, Gil Cedillo, and Los Angeles County Labor Federation President Ron Herrera.
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Legislature Approves Bill to Protect Californians fromHate-Motivated, Antisemitic Violence
During a shabbat service this January at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, a gunman