Here are statements publicized by major American Jewish organizations following President Trump's Jerusalem speech on Wednesday. They are from Agudath Israel of America, the Orthodox Union, Hadassah, the Council of Presidents, RCA, AIPAC, and One Israel Fund, plus Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Additional statements will be added to this post as they become available.
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Combined Sources
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12/6/17
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met with President Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, for more than five hours in Jerusalem Monday night amid the …
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By Adam Abrams, JNS.org
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3/15/17
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President Trump now says he will not move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until after his administration’s not-yet-public peace plan has a chance to be implemented.
Trump …
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JTA
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10/10/17
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“BREAKING,” tweeted Mishpacha magazine on motzei Shabbos about a letter signed by 13 leading Orthodox rabbis demonstrating support for President Donald Trump days before the presidential …
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By JTA
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10/28/20
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President Donald Trump is considering how how moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would affect the peace process, according to Secretary of State Rex …
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5/14/17
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ow that he’s a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders is finally being asked some tough questions about what it means to be a Socialist in 2020. But a …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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3/6/20
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Democrats are deploying their newest Jewish star, Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband, Douglas Emhoff, to pull Jewish votes.
During a two-hour Florida webinar that contrasted President Donald …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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9/9/20
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One state! Flexibility! Two states! Hold back on settlements! Stop Iran!
When President Donald Trump met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — What a press conference!
But wait.
In …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/16/17
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WASHINGTON — Thanks to the unfiltered confessional that is Twitter, as of Tuesday morning we knew this: President Donald Trump shared information with Russia about “terrorism and flight …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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5/17/17
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WASHINGTON — David Friedman at the launch of U.S. Senate hearings to confirm him as ambassador to Israel said there was “no excuse” for his past rhetoric targeting liberal …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/16/17
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