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RJC: AOC Openly Advocating for Palestinian Violence Against Israel is Disgraceful

Washington, DC (July 31, 2019) – The Republican Jewish Coalition responded today to remarks by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on a morning radio show that denigrated Jews and Israel. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said:

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RJC Statement on Rep. Elissa Slotkin Saying Republicans Only Oppose Anti-Semitism for Money

Washington, DC (July 31, 2019) – Recordings have recently surfaced of Democrat Elissa Slotkin (MI-8) saying that Republicans don’t care about Jews, they only care about getting money from Jewish donors. Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matt Brooks released the following statement:

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RJC Applauds Passage of H.Res. 246

Washington, DC (July 23, 2019) – Today the House of Representatives clearly and loudly rejected the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel. Republicans voted nearly unanimously on this issue, while far too many Democrats voted in support of BDS. The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement:...

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RJC Statement Regarding Palestinian “Rights”

Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2019) – The Republican Jewish Coalition responded to remarks made by Special Assistant to the President Jason D. Greenblatt in an interview with PBS’s Judy Woodruff, on the Trump Administration’s efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

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Top Jewish GOP operative defends Trump in squabble with 'the squad'

Thursday, July 18, 2019  By David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner  

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Times of Israel: Meet Matt Brooks, the man pitching Trump to American Jews

Friday, July 12, 2019By Eric Cortellessa, The Times of Israel The vast majority of the US Jewish community disapproves of the president. The Republican Jewish Coalition’s executive director, however, is one of his biggest defenders.

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Moment Magazine: Republican, Democrat Jewish Groups Prepare for Election Season

Tuesday, July 2, 2019  By Nathan Guttman, Moment Magazine

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RJC Condemns Sen. Liz Warren’s “Occupation” Comment

Washington, DC (July 9, 2019) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition today condemned comments by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who told anti-Israel activists that she would push to end the Israeli government’s “occupation” over the Palestinians.

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Ocasio-Cortez's "Concentration Camps" Tweet is Disgraceful

Washington, DC (June 18, 2019) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement today, after Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that the US has established "concentration camps" on our southern border:

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HHS Secretary Alex Azar - Remarks to RJC

On June 13, the RJC was honored to welcome Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II to our June 2019 Leadership meeting in Washington, DC. Here are Sec. Azar's remarks, as prepared for delivery.  

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RJC: AOC Openly Advocating for Palestinian Violence Against Israel is Disgraceful

Washington, DC (July 31, 2019) – The Republican Jewish Coalition responded today to remarks by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on a morning radio show that denigrated Jews and Israel. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said:

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RJC Statement on Rep. Elissa Slotkin Saying Republicans Only Oppose Anti-Semitism for Money

Washington, DC (July 31, 2019) – Recordings have recently surfaced of Democrat Elissa Slotkin (MI-8) saying that Republicans don’t care about Jews, they only care about getting money from Jewish donors. Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matt Brooks released the following statement:

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RJC Applauds Passage of H.Res. 246

Washington, DC (July 23, 2019) – Today the House of Representatives clearly and loudly rejected the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel. Republicans voted nearly unanimously on this issue, while far too many Democrats voted in support of BDS. The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement:...

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RJC Statement Regarding Palestinian “Rights”

Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2019) – The Republican Jewish Coalition responded to remarks made by Special Assistant to the President Jason D. Greenblatt in an interview with PBS’s Judy Woodruff, on the Trump Administration’s efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

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Top Jewish GOP operative defends Trump in squabble with 'the squad'

Thursday, July 18, 2019  By David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner  

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Times of Israel: Meet Matt Brooks, the man pitching Trump to American Jews

Friday, July 12, 2019By Eric Cortellessa, The Times of Israel The vast majority of the US Jewish community disapproves of the president. The Republican Jewish Coalition’s executive director, however, is one of his biggest defenders.

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Moment Magazine: Republican, Democrat Jewish Groups Prepare for Election Season

Tuesday, July 2, 2019  By Nathan Guttman, Moment Magazine

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RJC Condemns Sen. Liz Warren’s “Occupation” Comment

Washington, DC (July 9, 2019) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition today condemned comments by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who told anti-Israel activists that she would push to end the Israeli government’s “occupation” over the Palestinians.

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Ocasio-Cortez's "Concentration Camps" Tweet is Disgraceful

Washington, DC (June 18, 2019) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement today, after Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that the US has established "concentration camps" on our southern border:

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HHS Secretary Alex Azar - Remarks to RJC

On June 13, the RJC was honored to welcome Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II to our June 2019 Leadership meeting in Washington, DC. Here are Sec. Azar's remarks, as prepared for delivery.  

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NJ Jewish Standard: It's Ari's Party

Friday, October 11, 2013 By: Larry Yudelson, New Jersey Jewish StandardYou don’t get much more Jewish than the name “Ari.”And you don’t get much more Republican than serving as White House press secretary for President George W. Bush.Which makes Ari Fleischer a natural public face of the Republican Jewish Coalition.Fleischer...

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FoxNews: Samantha Power facing early resistance in bid for UN post

Friday, June 6, 2013 FoxNews.comWASHINGTON –  President Obama's nominee to replace Susan Rice as the next U.N. ambassador is running into early opposition from conservative Jewish groups and at least one Republican senator, as she prepares for what could be a tough confirmation. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, shortly after Obama nominated...

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In Case You Missed It: President Obama lost votes in heavily Jewish precincts, Democratic analyst says

Washington, D.C. (February 11, 2013) -- The latest research by a Democratic party data analyst in South Florida underscores the effectiveness of the Republican Jewish Coalition's unprecedented outreach to the Jewish community in 2012.The Republican Jewish Coalition conducted the largest-ever grassroots campaign in the Jewish community in top swing states, including...

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Sheldon G. Adelson: I Didn't Leave the Democrats. They Left Me

When members of the Democratic Party booed the inclusion of God and Jerusalem in their party platform this year, I thought of my parents.They would have been astounded.The immigrant family in which I grew up was, in the matter of politics, typical of the Jews of Boston in the 1930s...

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WSJ: GOP Makes Last Push for Jewish Voters

Thursday, November 1, 2012 By: Alicia MundyAs the election looms, the eternal optimists of the Republican Jewish Coalition are making one last push into traditional Democratic strongholds of Jewish American voters in key battleground states, trying to bring in new support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney.“The crowds are bigger this...

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Kampeas: RJC ‘Micro-targets’ Jews in Philly, Cleveland and south Florida

Ron Kampeas of the JTA blogged on August 29, 2012 about the RJC's upcoming 2-day grassroots outreach effort in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This is an excerpt.The Republican Jewish Coalition's director, Matt Brooks, met with reporters on Wednesday and added details to the group's planned blitz of south Florida and...

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Jewish Exponent: Philly Jews Gear Up for GOP Convention

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 By: Bryan Schwartzman, Jewish ExponentLynne Lechter of Lower Merion likens the Republican Party to the state of Israel.Both entities are morally correct in their stances, contends Lechter, a corporate attorney, but both have allowed their opponents to define them rather than articulating well what they stand...

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National Review Online: The Rise of the RJC

Friday, August 3, 2012 By: Nathaniel BotwinickThere’s an old joke that where there are two Jews, there will be three opinions. For many years, however, there seemed to be only one political affiliation for American Jews — they were a monolithic Democrat voting bloc. Now, the Democrats are...

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Remarks by PM Netanyahu and Gov. Romney in Israel

Video released by the Prime Minister's office of Gov. Mitt Romney's visit with Israeli officials and remarks by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Gov. Romney.See the RJC's response here.

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Mishpacha Magazine: Swinging for the Fences

Mishpacha Magazine published extensive coverage of the RJC's outreach program in Israel with iVoteIsrael. To read the entire article, click here to see a PDF of the full 4-page spread.Israel is not an American state and it doesn’t have any electoral votes to boast of. But with the 2012...