In addition to welcoming Lee Miller as the new JCRC Chair and thanking Midge Perlman Shafton for her service, the September 29th JCRC meeting will also unveil a new JCRC special report, detailing the final divestment of Illinois State Pension Funds from foreign companies doing business with Iran's energy sector. Due to space limitations and with holiday closures, please RSVP to jcrc1@juf.orgno later than Thursday, September 24th. As a reminder, it also expedites your path through security when you RSVP in advance and helps to cut down on our meeting costs when we are able to order the appropriate number of meals. JCRC would like to wish each of you a Shanah Tovah U'Metukah and a Shabbat Shalom! RSVP Today! » |
Due to a significant increase in our meeting costs, we regretfully must increase our lunch meeting charge to $15, which is not tax deductible. This change takes effect with the September 29th meeting. The lunch begins at 11:45 AM with the meeting starting at 12:15 in the Lillian and Larry Goodman Conference Center at JUF's Headquarters, Ben Gurion Way, 30 South Wells Street. Please RSVP via email, phone (312) 357-4770 or fax (312) 855-2476. |
The following are the dates for all regular JCRC lunch meetings: Tuesday, October 13 with guest speaker Professor Ruth Gavison, the Haim H. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Human Rights at the Law School, Hebrew University, speaking on the topic The Legal Argument for Defining Israel as the State of the Jewish People. November 10; December 17; January 5, 2010; February 9; March 9; April 27; currently no scheduled meeting in May; June 8 SAVE THE DATES! » |
Twenty Chicagoans joined about 300 Jewish community leaders from around the country to urge lawmakers on Capitol Hill to take a tougher stance on Iran, which is on the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons capability, according to recent intelligence estimates. Jewish and non-Jewish lay leaders, students, and JUF staff met with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Illinois Reps. Jerry Costello, Danny K. Davis, Luis Gutierrez, Bill Foster, Phil Hare, Debbie Halvorson, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Mark Kirk, Donald Manzullo, Mike Quigley, Peter Roskam, Aaron Schock and Jan Schakowsky to discuss upcoming House bills connected to Iran. Chicagoans comprised one of the largest groups at the fly-in. (Read a reaction piece by fly-in participant Laura Cusack, a student at North Park University in Chicago, and a reaction piece by Paul Nelson, a student at Wheaton College, in Wheaton.)
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