In this issue: US Funding for Israel and other benefits of the US-Israel relationship Can you be Jewish and antisemitic? Yes. When the media promote antisemitism TAKE ACTION But first – kudos to Ron Duncan-Hart and Gloria Abella-Ballen for producing […]
Read moreCategory: Holocaust
The difficult NM legislative process: House Bill 111 is dead. NM needs a Jewish Community Relations Council.
Have you ever tried to get a bill passed through the New Mexico Legislature? The process is difficult and usually unsuccessful. In most cases the problem is one of attention: getting the legislators to deem the bill important to their […]
Read moreA Disinformation Twist on the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Bill 111
Originally we liked House Bill 111 (see original HB 111 – Holocaust and Genocide Education) because it was generic and left the discussion of the Holocaust and genocides up to a to-be-created “Holocaust and Genocide Studies Council” without making this […]
Read moreNote: Committee Hearing on Holocaust Studies Has Changed to Tuesday, February 14
If you were planning on attending the committee hearing on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, it has been changed to Tuesday, February 14 at 1:30 in room 317. As of right now (and these things change daily in the NM House […]
Read moreSupport Holocaust Education in New Mexico Schools – critical to take action quickly
Support Holocaust education in the schools Over the past 5-6 years several leaders in the New Mexico Jewish community, including from the Jewish Federation of New Mexico (z”l) and SFMEW, have discussed with state legislators the need to require Holocaust […]
Read more