{"id":9741,"date":"2024-11-11T15:05:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?p=9741"},"modified":"2024-11-11T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:17:51","slug":"jta-we-asked-jewish-leaders-about-their-priorities-under-a-second-trump-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/news\/jta-we-asked-jewish-leaders-about-their-priorities-under-a-second-trump-term\/","title":{"rendered":"JTA: We asked Jewish leaders about their priorities under a second Trump term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>JTA put together a virtual symposium asking Jewish leaders to describe their top priorities under the incoming Trump administration. Our CEO Amy Spitalnick wrote about the urgency of protecting democracy and countering antisemitism and broader extremism \u2014 existential to Jewish safety and values.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Silow-Carroll<br \/>\nNovember 10, 2024<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2024\/11\/10\/ideas\/we-asked-jewish-leaders-about-their-priorities-under-a-second-trump-term\">here<\/a> to read this on JTA<\/p>\n<p>The leader of one Jewish nonprofit described Donald Trump\u2019s return to the presidency as \u201cterrifying.\u201d Another called it a \u201cserious setback.\u201d And yet another welcomed the news, calling the president-elect \u201ca proven ally in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The range of reactions reflects the ideological diversity among Jewish nonprofits that largely focus on a distinct policy area.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishsocialjustice.org\/2024-election\">Most U.S. Jewish organizations tend to be liberal<\/a>, and their domestic agendas reflect that. A vocal minority leans right. Even on \u201cconsensus\u201d issues, like combating antisemitism or defending the U.S.-Israel alliance, their approaches can vary widely<\/p>\n<p>In a political moment that stunned many and left few without strong feelings, we asked leaders of a range of Jewish groups, each associated with a signature issue or specific community, to describe their top priority under a new administration that in myriad and perhaps radical ways will represent a break with the Biden administration. On immigration, climate change, LGBT issues, abortion, antisemitism, fighting extremism and protecting religious freedoms, their answers reflect a Jewish policy community bracing for difficult battles and anticipating new opportunities under a historic changing of the guard.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Extremism: \u201cOur communities\u2019 futures are intertwined\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>Amy Spitalnick<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0is CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s agenda \u2014 from mass deportations and immigration bans, to rollbacks of voting and other civil rights \u2014 is often\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/a-manifesto-on-replacement-theory-gop-mass-deportation-plan-alarms-jewish-groups\/\">rooted in dangerous conspiracy theories<\/a>\u00a0that pit communities against one another,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Antisemitism-X-Democracy-Report.pdf\">sow distrust in our democratic institutions<\/a>, and fuel extremist violence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2023\/06\/28\/ideas\/the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-wasnt-acting-alone\">targeting Jews<\/a>, Latinos, Black Americans and others.<\/p>\n<p>This should be a reminder: Our communities\u2019 futures are intertwined. Countering anti-immigrant, white supremacist, anti-LGBTQ, and other forms of hate\u00a0<i>requires\u00a0<\/i>countering the antisemitic conspiracy theories often at their core. And so too as communities are dehumanized and democratic norms erode, antisemitism worsens.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge also presents an opportunity to build broad coalitions that recognize this fundamental truth: We can\u2019t protect democracy or any community\u2019s rights and safety unless we confront antisemitism\u00a0<i>and<\/i>\u00a0we cannot protect Jewish safety unless we advance inclusive democracy that protects all communities.<\/p>\n<p>That is precisely what we\u2019ll be focused on at JCPA, through our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/action-networks\/\">Action Networks<\/a>, work with Jewish Community Relations Councils and other partners, and broader public engagement. The only path forward is one in which Jews mobilize to protect democracy and counter hate in deep partnership with others, and can do so without checking our Jewish identity at the door \u2014 because our partners understand Jewish safety is inherent to their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JTA put together a virtual symposium asking Jewish leaders to describe their top priorities under the incoming Trump administration. Our CEO Amy Spitalnick wrote about the urgency of protecting democracy and countering antisemitism and broader extremism \u2014 existential to Jewish safety and values. 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