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Hanukkah is here! Candles rekindled … Faith renewed … Tradition preserved. May you find meaning in the season and peace in your heart.
Wishing you every happiness at Hanukkah and a year filled with many blessings,
Your friends at JPAC, the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California
The Iran Contracting Act of 2010 (AB 1650 - Feuer & Blumenfield) passed the California State Legislature tonight with a unanimous vote of 66-0. It is now on its way to the Governor’s desk. The bill was a major focus of JPAC’s annual Lobby Day in Sacramento this past May when hundred of Jewish leaders from throughout California came together to advocate for issues affecting the Jewish community and all Californians. The bill is integral to efforts to continue to assert financial pressure to stop Iran’s nuclear ambition.
The measure authored jointly by Assembly Members Mike Feuer and Bob Blumenfield was introduced in the California Assembly in January 2010.
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The 2010 JPAC Lobby Day in Sacramento was a great success — thanks to the participation of over 100 community leaders from throughout California. We came together to advocate on behalf of many important issues and to hear from our state’s leaders about the impacts of the budget crisis on our most vulverable populations.  (L-R) JPAC Chair Marc Carrel, Anita Friedman of JFCS, Rabbi Doug Kahn of the JCRC, and Senator Mark Leno (3rd) -- Presentation of the JPAC Legislator of the Year Award (the Jerry Sampson Memorial Award)  (L-R) Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, JPAC Chair Marc Carrel, and Assembly Speaker John A. Perez Visit our Facebook group page for more photo highlights from the Legislators’ Reception honoring Senator Mark Leno and other portions of our program.
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ACR 144, an Assembly Concurrent Resolution proclaiming April 2010 as the first annual Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month in California, just passed the Assembly today without any “no” votes — and it had 56 new coauthors! The resolution is an extraordinary effort to educate, bring awareness and prevent future genocides and mass atrocities around the globe. The resolution is cosponsored by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California and supported by Jewish World Watch and several other organizations.
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