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California Legislative Jewish Caucus

State Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inCalifornia

California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on their offices to celebrate ‘mezuzah bill’

by JTA and Sam Sokol August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
SB 652, known as the “mezuzah bill,” would bar California landlords and condo associations from prohibiting “the display of religious items,” such as mezuzahs, of a certain size on doors and doorframes. (Photo/Wikimedia-00dahc)
Posted inBay Area

‘Inscribe them on your doorposts’: California lawmakers pass ‘mezuzah bill’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 10, 2019August 13, 2019
Assemblymembers Chad Mayes, Blanca Rubio, Tim Grayson, Marc Berman, Kevin Kiley, Marc Levine, Senator Ricardo Lara, Al Muratsuchi, Mike Gipson, and Siamak Kordestani of the American Jewish Committee
Posted inIsrael at 70

Trip to jittery Israel an eye-opener for California assemblymembers

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 15, 2018August 16, 2018
Figurines of Jewish caricatures being sold by non-Jews in Krakow, Poland (Photo/Matthew Leber)
Posted inNews

State Assembly resolution urges changes in Polish Holocaust law

by Rob Gloster May 30, 2018
Marc Levine
Posted inUncategorized

California Legislative Jewish Caucus blasts Poland’s Holocaust law

by J. Staff March 15, 2018March 19, 2018
Levine stands speaking before fellow legislators
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

California’s Legislative Jewish Caucus is pointless

Quentin Kopp by Quentin Kopp May 9, 2017May 10, 2017
Levine stands speaking before fellow legislators
Posted inUncategorized, California

Strength in numbers: Jewish caucus a powerful advocate in Sacramento

by Rob Gloster March 16, 2017March 20, 2019

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