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Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs (JACPAC) is the pro-Israel PAC with a domestic conscience.
What is JACPAC?
JACPAC is a national PAC committed to the special relationship between the US and Israel and a domestic agenda that includes reproductive choice and separation of religion and state.What does JACPAC do?
JACPAC provides financial support for US Senate and House candidates who support this agenda.How does JACPAC work? A nationwide membership organization, JACPAC contributes to campaigns and JACPAC members deliver the contributions in person. In addition, individuals make contributions directly to candidates and those contributions are bundled and hand-delivered as well. JACPAC maintains ongoing contact and dialogue with those we help elect. What does JACPAC accomplish?
JACPAC campaign donations and advocacy yield billions of dollars in aid to Israel, federal support for Jewish community institutions and programs, and protection of rights and freedoms enjoyed by Jews in America.
Joint Action Committee (JAC) is an advocacy group that promotes the United States-Israel relationship, separation of religion and state, reproductive freedom and social policies that are a priority of the American Jewish community. To promote this agenda, Joint Action Committee enlists Jewish community participation in advocacy with elected officials.
The JAC Education Foundation was formed to educate and engage the Jewish community in electoral politics and issues of Jewish concern. The JAC Education Foundation publishes the Jewish Community Voter Guide, an educational resource that identifies and explains legislative issues of interest to the Jewish community; it contains an index of the voting records of the entire Congress on these issues and suggestions for advocacy. The Foundation conducts voter registration drives and education sessions.
Meet our National Board and Staff.
History and Background
JAC was founded after the 1980 election when many friends of Israel in the Congress were defeated by organized political groups that opposed Israel and the values of mainstream American Jewry. Concerned Jewish activists reached out to their networks across the country to spread the message that they could support Israel and fight political extremists by becoming meaningfully involved in the political process. In the decades that followed, JAC remained committed to the U.S.-Israel relationship as its core issue, while protecting separation of religion and state and reproductive rights.
What makes JAC so effective?
JACPAC pools the contributions of its nationwide constituency. When JACPAC delivers donations, those donations carry with them a strong pro-Israel, pro-choice message.
JACPAC hand-delivers all contributions to make sure that members of Congress know who we are and what we stand for.
Through ongoing personal contact, JAC builds and maintains relationships with members of Congress and their staff.
JACPAC acts as an important Jewish contact to members of Congress who have no Jewish constituents.
JACPAC provides information updates in local communities on foreign affairs (Israel and the Middle East), choice, separation of religion and state, political advocacy and more.
JACPAC publishes newsletters and memoranda that offer political analysis and examination of policy issues; JACPAC develops timely candidate profiles that assist members in deciding which candidates to support.
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