Legislative Update: July 11, 2025

In This Issue:

It’s not too late to join us at Heartland Pride tomorrow
Condemn the National Education Association’s severing ties and dropping ADL curriculum from public schools
Urge swift passage of the Antisemitism Act (AAA)

Upcoming Events

PRIDE 2025: Join us tomorrow at Heartland Pride!

Join us for Heartland Pride 2025 on July 12! Whether you want to walk or share in Shabbat service and breakfast (or both!), please join us in celebrating our LGBTQIA+ community in Omaha and beyond. Register today to receive important updates regarding meeting dates and locations, what to bring, and ways to get involved!

Join JCRC at Heartland Pride

Campus Connections: Responding to Antisemitism

Heading back to college? Before the 2025–2026 school year begins, join us on August 10 from 5:00-7:00 PM for Campus Connections: A Community Conversation and Dinner- an evening of shared stories, practical tools, and supportive resources to help you navigate and respond to antisemitism on campus.

Action Alerts

Stand with the ADL

ADD YOUR NAME:Tell NEA to Put Students First and Fight Antisemitism

The National Education Association (NEA) has voted to cut ties with ADL, sending a chilling message: that the marginalization of Jews is acceptable.

By severing this partnership, the largest teachers' union in the country is stripping schools of trusted, time-tested resources that help educators teach about the Holocaust, address antisemitism, and combat all forms of hate.

Join ADL in demanding that the NEA fulfill its responsibility to educators, students, and families by restoring its partnership and recommitting to the fight against antisemitism.

Contact your Representatives

Reach out to your Representative today and urge them to support the swift passage of the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

A vote for this bill is a vote for the Jewish community, a vote for Jewish students, and a vote against antisemitism.

Together, we can ensure bipartisan support and pass this critical legislation.

Support our Neighbors

The JCRC is mobilizing community members, led by co-chairs Ellie Batt and Dana Gonzales, to help our friends and neighbors impacted by the recent raids in Omaha.

The work of supporting the most vulnerable in our community is crucial to our values as a Jewish community.

Please bring donations to the JCC front entrance Monday-Friday during regular business hours until further notice. We are coordinating with our partners in the immigrant community for distribution.

Why a major teachers union voted to break ties with the ADL

National Education Association wants to part ways with the Anti-Defamation League in part over disagreements related to Israel

Federal judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in New Hampshire Thursday issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order that would rewrite the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and granted a class certification to infants who would be affected by the order.

Nebraska sends Task Force One to help with rescue and recovery in central Texas floods

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is deploying Nebraska Task Force One to help with search and recovery after central Texas flash flooding that has killed at least 100 people, including children, and left others missing.