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Fri Nov 10, 2017, 05:46 AM Nov 2017

(Jewish Group) New Jewish Democratic group launched in reaction to Trump

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)


Jewish and Democratic leaders, including dozens of members of Congress, attended the launch of a group designed to connect the Democratic Party and the Jewish community.

The Jewish Democratic Council of America was launched Wednesday night at an event on Capitol Hill.

“This new organization will provide a strong voice for Jewish Democrats and fill a serious recent void in the national political discussion,” the group said in a statement on its website in August when it announced its formation plans. “It will unify and mobilize Jewish Democrats with other like-minded groups supporting mutually beneficial and agreed upon issues and actions.”

Former U.S. Rep. Ron Klein of Florida will be chairman of the new organization.

“American Jews are one of the Democratic Party’s most reliable constituencies, and more than ever require a new organization to represent their interests, as the Trump administration fans anti-Semitism, nativism, racism and other forms of bigotry,” Klein said at the event.

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