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Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, speaks Feb. 18 at its West Coast summit in San Francisco. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNews

JCPA head seeks to reset coalition building post-Oct. 7, Gaza war

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

When Amy Spitalnick became CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs in summer 2023, she had big plans for rebuilding coalitions at a national level. After Oct. 7, Spitalnick […]

Donald Trump at ICE facility
Posted inU.S.

Critics have an even more controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility: ‘Alligator Auschwitz’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 7, 2025July 8, 2025
Luis, 63, an immigrant from Honduras, is currently sheltering in place at Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont. (Photo/Rachele S. Kanigel)
Posted inBay Area

From ICE detention to quarantine in an East Bay synagogue

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel May 14, 2020May 18, 2020
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Fear, trauma and sickness: this migrant detention center is no summer camp

Shiriel King Abramson by Shiriel King Abramson November 5, 2019November 5, 2019
Raging Grannie Ann Davidson protests abortion restrictions. (Photo/Teri Vershel)
Posted inNews

‘Raging Grannies’ use political theater to fight injustice

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 13, 2019September 17, 2019
A pickup truck drives into a row of Jewish protesters sitting at the entrance to a parking lot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island on August 14, 2019. (Photo/Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inU.S.

Truck drives into row of Jewish protesters at ICE facility in Rhode Island

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales August 15, 2019August 15, 2019
California Jewish and Latino lawmakers visit the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inNorthern California

Jewish and Latino state lawmakers visit ICE detention center near San Diego

by Gabriel Greschler August 12, 2019August 13, 2019
Rabbi Mira Rivera speaks at a Jewish protest against Amazon at one of the company’s brick-and-mortar stores in New York City, Aug. 11, 2019. The protest was held on Tisha B’Av, a traditional Jewish day of mourning. Behind the speaker is a banner with a Hebrew quotation from the Book of Lamentations, which is traditionally read on Tisha B'Av. (Photo/JTA-Facebook video screenshot)
Posted inNews

40 Jews arrested in New York protesting Amazon’s ties with ICE

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales August 12, 2019August 12, 2019
Jasmine Alston and her 2-year-old (not shown) attended an Aug. 1 protest at the San Francisco ICE office. (Photo/Tova Ricardo)
Posted inNews

Progressive groups mark Tisha B’Av with monthlong ICE protests

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 7, 2019August 8, 2019
Hundreds gather in New York City to protest against migrant detention camps and impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, July 12, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Want to help immigrants? Don’t go to the border. There’s plenty to do at home.

Rabbi Salem Pearce by Rabbi Salem Pearce July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

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