{"id":9893,"date":"2025-02-07T01:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T01:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?page_id=9893"},"modified":"2025-02-13T14:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:46:55","slug":"over-100-jewish-groups-voice-deep-alarm-and-concern-over-recent-attacks-on-democratic-norms-and-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/over-100-jewish-groups-voice-deep-alarm-and-concern-over-recent-attacks-on-democratic-norms-and-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 Jewish Groups Voice Deep Alarm and Concern Over Recent Attacks on Democratic Norms and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">As a broad group of Jewish communal organizations representing an array of perspectives, constituencies, and communities, we are joining together to express our deep alarm over recent attacks on democratic norms and values &#8212; attacks that fundamentally threaten the freedoms and safety of all Americans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We expect and hope there to be legitimate policy debate and disagreement in our politics. There certainly is among this group. That is democracy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But what we are experiencing now goes far beyond policy disagreements with the federal administration. It is a direct assault on the very principles that underpin our democracy \u2013 principles including equal justice under the law; the protection of fundamental civil liberties and civil rights; a commitment to rejecting dehumanization and political violence; and the upholding of checks and balances, accountability, and transparency in our government.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Over the last two weeks, this administration has moved quickly and aggressively to weaponize the federal government against many who do not conform to its worldview, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The scapegoating and dehumanization of immigrants, people of color, transgender people, and other marginalized groups to justify draconian and unconstitutional policies and dismantle fundamental domestic and international programs; further consolidate authority; and avoid accountability and transparency on matters of public safety, public health, and public interest.<\/li>\n<li>The pardoning of violent insurrectionists, while the investigators and prosecutors who brought them to justice have been fired or otherwise threatened. Countless other public servants have been removed, attacked, investigated, or punished for a perceived lack of loyalty to the President.<\/li>\n<li>The freezing of federal funds &#8212; and a takeover of the federal payments system and classified information by Elon Musk, an unelected, unconfirmed, and unvetted ally of the President &#8212; intended to force ideological conformity, make it harder for individuals and groups to exercise their rights, and threaten the checks and balances at the core of our democratic system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>History has made clear that our safety as Jews is inextricably linked with inclusive, pluralistic democracy and with the rights and safety of all people. When the rule of law and democratic norms are threatened, antisemitism invariably increases and Jews \u2013 and all communities \u2013 are made less safe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We will continue to stand up for these core principles and act as national and local bulwarks against attacks on democracy \u2014 because we know where this leads, and because our safety and our values demand no less.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)<br \/>\nReligious Action Center of Reform Judaism<br \/>\nThe Rabbinical Assembly<br \/>\nA More Perfect Union<br \/>\nALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal<br \/>\nAmerican Jewish World Service<br \/>\nAvodah<br \/>\nAytzim: Ecological Judaism<br \/>\nBend the Arc: Jewish Action<br \/>\nDayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action<br \/>\nElluminate<br \/>\nHIAS<br \/>\nJ Street<br \/>\nJewish Earth Alliance<br \/>\nJewish Labor Committee<br \/>\nJews for a Secular Democracy<br \/>\nKeshet<br \/>\nKirva<br \/>\nL&#8217;chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty<br \/>\nMasorti On Campus<br \/>\nMAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger<br \/>\nNational Council of Jewish Women<br \/>\nNetwork of Jewish Human Service Agencies<br \/>\nNew Jewish Narrative<br \/>\nPartners for Progressive Israel<br \/>\nReconstructing Judaism<br \/>\nReconstructionist Rabbinical Association<br \/>\nSociety for Humanistic Judaism<br \/>\nT&#8217;ruah<br \/>\nThe Institute for Jewish Spirituality<br \/>\nThe Nexus Project<br \/>\nThe Shalom Center<br \/>\nThe Workers Circle<br \/>\nTivnu: Building Justice<br \/>\nUri L&#8217;Tzedek<br \/>\nUnited Synagogue of Conservative Judaism<br \/>\nWomen of Reform Judaism<br \/>\nZioness Movement<br \/>\nAdat Shalom, Los Angeles, CA<br \/>\nAdat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD<br \/>\nAdventure Judaism<br \/>\nArizona Jews for Justice<br \/>\nB&#8217;nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, Maryland<br \/>\nBend the Arc: Jewish Action: Maryland<br \/>\nBend the Arc: Jewish Action Pittsburgh<br \/>\nBend the Arc: Jewish Action: South Jersey<br \/>\nBeyt Tikkun: A Synagogue without Walls<br \/>\nBnai Keshet, Montclair, NJ<br \/>\nBoard of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia<br \/>\nBoard of Rabbis of Princeton Mercer Bucks<br \/>\nCarolina Jews for Justice<br \/>\nChicago Jewish Labor Committee<br \/>\nCommunity Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County, NY<br \/>\nCongregation Adath Jeshurun, Louisville, KY<br \/>\nCongregation Agudas Achim, Columbus, OH<br \/>\nCongregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York, NY<br \/>\nCongregation Bet Haverim, Davis, CA<br \/>\nCongregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA<br \/>\nCongregation Beth David, Saratoga, CA<br \/>\nCongregation Beth Shalom, Seattle, WA<br \/>\nCongregation Bonai Shalom, Boulder, CO<br \/>\nCongregation Brith Sholom, Bethlehem, PA<br \/>\nCongregation Neveh Shalom, Portland, OR<br \/>\nCongregation Rodeph Shalom, New York, NY<br \/>\nCongregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA<br \/>\nCongregation Simchat HaLev, Woodbury, NY<br \/>\nCongregation Tifereth Israel, Columbus, OH<br \/>\nCongregation Tikvat Jacob Beth Torah, Manhattan Beach, CA<br \/>\nEmanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City, OK<br \/>\nFabrangen Havurah<br \/>\nThe Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies<br \/>\nHebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf &amp; Hearing<br \/>\nHIAS Pennsylvania<br \/>\nJewish Collaborative of Orange County<br \/>\nJewish Community Action<br \/>\nJewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor<br \/>\nJewish Community Center of Paramus\/Congregation Beth Tikvah<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council of NW Indiana<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council of Greater Ann Arbor<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis<br \/>\nJewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester<br \/>\nJewish Council on Urban Affairs<br \/>\nJewish Family Services of Greenwich<br \/>\nJewish Federation of the Bluegrass<br \/>\nJewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys<br \/>\nJewish Federation of the Sacramento Region<br \/>\nJews For Racial &amp; Economic Justice (JFREJ)<br \/>\nKehila Chadasha, MD<br \/>\nKesher Pittsburgh<br \/>\nLab\/Shul<br \/>\nLevine Center To End Hate, Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester<br \/>\nMakom Solel Lakeside, Highland Park, IL<br \/>\nMidway Jewish Center, Syosset, NY<br \/>\nMishkan Chicago<br \/>\nNew England Jewish Labor Committee<br \/>\nNew Jersey Jewish Labor Committee<br \/>\nNew York Jewish Agenda (NYJA)<br \/>\nNew York Jewish Labor Committee<br \/>\nNorth Louisiana Jewish Federation<br \/>\nOhavay Zion Synagogue, Lexington, KY<br \/>\nOpen Dor Foundation, Inc.<br \/>\nOpen Door Judaism<br \/>\nOr Hamidbar, Palm Springs, CA<br \/>\nPeninsula Sinai Congregation, Foster City, CA<br \/>\nPhiladelphia Jewish Labor Committee<br \/>\nReform Congregation Oheb Sholom, Wyomissing, PA<br \/>\nRetired Hillel and Spiritual Life Center at Bentley University<br \/>\nSAJ-Judaism that Stands for All<br \/>\nShaare Tefila Congregation, Olney, MD<br \/>\nTemple B&#8217;nai Hayim, Sherman Oaks, CA<br \/>\nTemple Beth El, Fall River, MA<br \/>\nTemple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia, PA<br \/>\nTemple Emanu-El, Sarasota, FL<br \/>\nMishkan Ha&#8217;am, Westchester County, NY<br \/>\nTemple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD<br \/>\nthe Den Collective<br \/>\nTifereth Israel Congregation, New Bedford, MA<br \/>\nTikkun Ha-Ir, Milwaukee, WI<br \/>\nTucson Jewish Museum &amp; 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