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The Republican Jewish Coalition is a big-tent organization that is actively involved in the top national policy debates of the day. Our grassroots outreach, public advocacy, and lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill cover many issues, including but not limited to: domestic policies like school choice, antisemitism, Israel, and Iran. We also speak out when nominees for important government positions have a history of actions or statements that raise concerns for our community.

RJC is proud to have played a significant role in securing the enactment into law of important measures like the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act - which created the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the State Department, the Taylor Force Act - which requires the Palestinian Authority to end “pay for slay” subsidies to terrorist murderers, the Educational Choice for Children Act - a provision of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act establishing a school choice tax credit, and the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR Act) of 2026 - which strengthens a landmark 2016 law that helps Holocaust victims and their heirs recover art looted by the Nazis and their collaborators.

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Israel
The RJC recognizes and supports the existence, legitimacy, and security of the State of Israel. We support strengthening the vital US-Israel alliance; enhancing Israel’s security through military, diplomatic, and strategic assistance; and fighting alongside Israel against terrorists, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, and others who seek to delegitimize and destroy her. 

  • Oppose BDS
  • Support strict enforcement of the Taylor Force Act
  • Continue current ban on UNRWA funding 
    • S. 224/HR 23 Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act to impose sanctions on persons that aid efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Americans or Israelis 
  • Support sanctions on individuals or entities that support Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations
  • Support sanctions on individuals or entities that support Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations
    • HR 261/S. 1904, the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act
  • Support the implementation and expansion of the Abraham Accords
  • Oppose re-opening PLO office in Washington DC
  • Support codification of Trump policy on labeling goods "Made in Israel"
  • Support permanent recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights

Iran
President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran was one of the most dangerous and ill-considered policies in US history. In stark contrast, President Trump’s Operation Midnight Hammer, which delivered a decisive blow to Iran’s nuclear facilities, is one of the greatest military achievements in history. Operation Epic Fury, and the concurrent Operation Economic Fury, have severely diminished Iran’s warfighting capabilities while applying maximum economic and diplomatic pressure on the remnants of the revolutionary regime. We need strong sanctions and American-led military cooperation to prevent Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. The security of our allies in the region and in Europe can only be defended through US leadership and strength. 

  • Strengthen/Oppose lifting of or circumvention of Iran sanctions
  • Ensure that the State Department and other key agencies are exhaustive in gathering information about Iran’s illicit nuclear activities and require that such information be regularly shared with Congress 

Antisemitism
The RJC has a long history of speaking out against antisemitism in the political arena and beyond. There are concrete steps that government can take to define the problem and give clear guidelines to government agencies, in order to combat crimes, policies, and actions against Jewish individuals and groups based in antisemitism. The RJC takes a principled, vocal stand against antisemitism in any form. 

  • S. 558/HR1007 Antisemitism Awareness Act 
  • Support security grants for houses of worship and other religious non-profits
  • Strengthen government response to antisemitic violence
  • Oppose BDS

Domestic Policy
Education and the economy rank high on the list of domestic policies that most concern the American Jewish community. The RJC supports school choice for families and the low-tax, pro-growth economic policies that have made America the most powerful, richest, and freest nation in the history of the world. 

  • Support HR 1048/S. 1296, the DETERRENT Act, to hold colleges accountable for massive secret foreign donations.  
  • Oppose the “Green New Deal,” “Medicare for all” and any other legislation that advances a big government/higher taxes agenda
  • Support school choice
  • Support Jewish Veterans and Fallen Servicemembers 
    • S. 1318/HR2701 Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act, to identify deceased members of the Armed Forces who were Jewish and buried in a U.S. military cemetery located outside of the United States under Latin Crosses, and replace those with Jewish grave markers 
  • Support Holocaust Victims and their Heirs Seeking Justice from Nazi Looting 
    • S.1884/HR 4235 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, to expand and improve access to US courts for American Holocaust survivors and their heirs whose artwork was stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War