The United States represents freedom, democracy, equality before the law, and national strength on a level that no other country can match. America's world leadership is essential. We support policies that keep America great, strong, and free.
National Sovereignty and Security
The foremost job of our elected government is to protect American citizens. We unwaveringly support a strong and robust national defense that puts the security of the American people first. We support the equal and just application of the law to protect the safety of all Americans, regardless of background.
We are profoundly grateful to the men and women in uniform, at all levels of government, serving at home and abroad, who put their lives on the line daily to keep our country safe, prosperous and free. Our debt to them is eternal and will not fade with the passage of time.
A nation without enforceable borders is no nation at all. We are a “nation of immigrants” and a nation of laws. The RJC welcomes immigration within the rule of law. Our borders must be secured to protect and defend law-abiding American citizens
Peace Through Strength Foreign Policy
America’s allies must trust us, and our enemies must fear us.
The United States is not the world’s policeman—nor should we be. Diplomacy should be pursued when possible. But when America’s national security is at stake, the RJC supports overwhelming and decisive military action. First comes strength, then comes peace.
It is our obligation to ally with other nations who share our fundamental values - there are few enough of them - especially those who are willing to stand up and fight for those values.
Robust Capitalism Economic Policy
We strongly support the vigorous, competitive, free enterprise economic system - characterized by low taxes, low regulation, entrepreneurship, and robust job creation – that has proven over time to make America the most powerful, richest, and freest nation in the world. We must give new enterprises and new technologies the opportunity to succeed, to keep America at the leading edge of economic growth and competitive success.
We believe that individuals are better qualified to decide what to do with their money than the government. American families should be able to find good-paying jobs and keep their hard-earned money to pursue the American dream and do good for their families and communities.
Helping Americans in need cannot be exclusively addressed through government safety net programs. Government policies also should facilitate charitable giving so that individuals, groups, and businesses can support a wide range of causes, from medical and food aid to education and culture-enriching endeavors.
Small and Effective Government
Our founding fathers designed a brilliant system of government that carefully balances federal, state and individual powers, rights and responsibilities, and the division of power between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
This balance has become distorted through unrestrained government growth as well as corruption and fraud. We advocate limited government at the federal and state levels and support efforts to reduce the federal deficit and restore economic sanity.
Israel
We fully embrace a pro-Israel foreign policy and an unbreakable bond between the United States and the Jewish State.
Nearly all of the military assistance provided for in the US Israel Security Assistance Memorandum of Understanding has been spent in the U.S., providing jobs for thousands of Americans. Our close cooperation on development and production of weapons, strategy and tactics, testing and training, and intelligence sharing provide substantial benefit to the U.S. Israel’s transfer into CENTCOM in 2021 demonstrates a significant strategic shift following the Abraham Accords peace agreements, aligning the Jewish state with our regional partners and greatly enhancing operational cooperation.
Fighting Antisemitism in All Forms
At a time when antisemitism is on the rise around the world and across the United States, it is imperative that our community call out, condemn, and stand firm against anyone - government officials irrespective of their political affiliation, the media, organizations, or academic institutions - that incites or tolerates hatred and violence against Jews or promotes double standards, demonization or delegitimization of the State of Israel. The RJC has and will continue to respond forcefully to antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric and deeds, whether from the Left or from the Right. The RJC is especially vigilant against the "woke right", as we cannot allow the cancer that has spread in the Democratic Party to grow inside our own; our party and our country should never tolerate anti-Jewish bigotry.