Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Gun Violence
It sometimes feels that we’re constantly in the aftermath of another instance of gun violence. In October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we have an opportunity to shed light on a population that is particularly vulnerable gun violence.
Broad Coalition Opposes Irresponsible DC Gun Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: S. Kathryn Bigam
(202) 387-2800 | news@rac.org
This School Year Not Another Shooting
Reform Jewish Leader Disappointed By Supreme Court Ruling in DC Gun Ban Case
Saperstein: Common sense gun bans, like the one weakened by today’s ruling, are essential to prevent the unchecked proliferation of firearms and a society in which each citizen is potentially armed to the teeth.
Reform Jewish Leader Applauds Enactment of the Veterans Suicide Prevention Act
Domestic Violence: No More Family Secrets
Despite the long-held belief that there is no domestic violence in Jewish families, rates of abuse in the Jewish community mirror those in the general public.
Faith Based Organizations Call on House Committee to Support Effective HIV Prevention Strategies, Drop Abstinence Earmark
Contact: Sean Thibault
202.387.2800 | news@rac.org
Reform Jewish Leader Commends Senate Passage of Landmark Global AIDS Bill, Expresses Concern Over Key Prevention Provisions
Saperstein: We congratulate the Senate for passing this bill and urge Congress to address the need for evidence-based prevention programs during conference.
Israel's Resolve in Hebron Violence Vital to Peace
Saperstein: "Violent attacks threaten the viability of a future with a peaceful two-state solution to the conflict, further demonstrating the need for the government to maintain control."
Coming Together Against Anti-Semitism: What Will You "Go to the Wall" For?
More than 300 residents, clergy, law enforcement, civil servants, and community dignitaries joined at cemetery of Temple Beth Shalom, which was desecrated with signs of hate – swastikas and rhetoric embraced by Nazis