EZ Read Sep 2, 2022

Sept. 2, 2022

What's on Our Mind

Labor Day traditionally begins the start of the official campaign season. As summer ends and students return to school, candidates rev up for their races. It’s an all out sprint to the finish line on November 8th — and you are an important part of that effort.

This election is about our democracy and the types of freedom we will have going forward. Each one of us can play a role in helping to protect the things we care about; and none of us can afford to sit this out and let someone else do the work needed to elect our candidates.

There are only 47 days left until the election. What can you do to make sure that we elect candidates to Congress that will pass an assault weapons ban, codify Roe v Wade, make sure that our climate is protected?

Here’s What YOU Can Do:

Write postcards to swing state voters. Email the JAC office at info@jacpac.org and we will send you postcards for you to write from home. 75 percent of people who receive a postcard go out and vote.
Join a remote phone bank and help get out the vote. YES, I’m interested .
Grab your friends and spend an afternoon knocking on doors and talking to voters with JAC members. You will be trained to effectively do this. It’s fun a easy. YES, I’m interested.
Donate to one or several of JAC’s candidates (click here to donate). Our candidates need your dollars so they can get their message out to voters, fight back against their extreme opponents attacks, expand their field operation and complete their television and digital media buys.
Attend JAC's and HPStrong's Cocktail for a Cause Bash on Oct. 12. All proceeds will go to JAC candidates who support common sense gun laws.
Make sure you and your friends are registered to vote and know where to vote (click here for information).
Become an election day worker to help ensure that our elections are a success (click here).

Democracy takes participation. Grab your friends. Together, commit some time and make a plan to do something.

Elections have consequences.

JOIN JAC'S VOTER MOBILIZATION TEAM

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SUPPORT JAC TODAY

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 12

2022 Michigan JAC Member Brunch

11:00 am

Farmington Hills, MI

RSVP

Monday, September 19

Women's Health Care Zoom with Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)

2:00 pm CT

Zoom

RSVP

Tuesday, September 20

Cocktails, Canasta & Congress

2:00-5:00 pm

Lincolnwood

Call the JAC office at 847-433-5999 for details

Wednesday, September 21

Your Choice, Your Vote: Women and the 2022 Election

Chicago

RSVP

Wednesday, October 12

Vote Strong, Cocktails for a Cause

Highwood, IL

For more information, contact info@jacpac.org

DON'T FORGET...

Postcard writing every Wednesday afternoon at the JAC office.

Thanks to our great postcard leaders: Amy Zisook, Sharon Koltin, Beth Cherner, Laura Gold and our volunteers, together we have sent out over 10,000 postcards.

If you would like to host a postcard party at JAC or at your home, please contact the JAC office (847-433-5999).

Postcard Party

Wed, Sep 7

1:00 - 4:00 pm

JAC Office

call (847) 433-5999 for more info

Live outside of Chicago? Can't make it on Wednesdays?

Contact the JAC office at (847) 433-5999 and we will send you postcards.

Photos of the Week

(JAC meeting with WI Senate Candidate Mandela Barnes; postcarding in Denver; postcarding at the JAC)

In the News

ISRAEL

Israel and Japan signed a defense agreement over shared concerns about growing global tensions
As a new Iran nuclear deal seems distant, Israel looks to strengthen ties with Azerbaijan
Boeing will supply Israel with mid-air refueling aircraft for fighter jets for potential strikes against targets in IranJews now make up less than half of Israel's population

ANTISEMITISM AND BDS

In Oregon, Swastika Mountain will be receiving a new name
New Hampshire's Libertarian Party mocked the Holocaust and used other antisemitic tropes in a now-deleted tweet
An antisemitic comment made by a member of the UNHRC reignites calls for the dissolution of the COI that targets Israel

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CHOICE

Republicans change their abortion stances on their websites in an attempt to curb attacks from their Democratic opponents
The FTC sued an Idaho-based data company that sold the locations of hundreds of millions of people, some at abortion clinics
After the South Carolina House rejected an abortion ban with no exceptions, Republicans scrambled to save the bill, adding exceptions for rape and incest

RELIGION AND STATE

An evangelical group authors a report insisting that protecting the environment is a biblical mandate
Biblical themes of compassion and forgiveness should inform Christian perspectives on student debt relief
A ChristianityToday op-ed that called for Trump's removal in 2019 is a reminder of how unlikely the evangelical loyalty toward Trump is

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BEYOND THE CORE

An auto switch's ability to turn a semi-automatic rifle into a machine gun is responsible for multiple recent mass shootings
The Greenland ice sheet is melting -- and will cause sea-level to rise nearly a foot
If elected, extreme GOP Sec. of State candidates will undermine democratic principles and voting rights

POLITICAL BYTE

Biden ramps up against Trump’s threat to democracy as ex-President again dangles pardons for allies
For the second time in as many weeks, Democrats have won a competitive special election -- this
Over 40% of Americans -- and a large majority of Republicans -- think a Civil War in the next 10 years is likely

FYI

Honey Cake & Latkes is a new cookbook filled with recipes that provided comfort and healing to an Auschwitz survivor
7 films debuted at the Jerusalem Film Festival are sure to hit our screens soon
After 4 decades covering Congress, a retiring AP reporter says today's common ground feels narrower and stakes feel higher

THE LAST WORD

“America must choose to move forward or to move backwards, to build a future or obsess about the past, to be a nation of hope and unity and optimism or a nation of fear, division and of darkness."

- President Joe Biden speech Thursday night in Philiadelphia

Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs (JACPAC) is a pro-Israel PAC with a domestic agenda. We support a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and advocate for reproductive health and the separation of religion and state and incorporate other issues of importance to the Jewish community, including gun violence prevention and climate change. In addition to providing financial support for U.S. Senate and House campaigns, JACPAC educates our membership with outreach events designed to inform and activate their participation in the political process.

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