PSA time...
A Phoenix/Scottsdale chapter of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) is forming, with the organizational meeting sometime late this month or early next month.
The NJDC is an advocacy organization that is concerned with more than just U.S./Israel relations - separation of church and state, health care, and stem cell research are just a few of the areas of interest to the Jewish community and to the NJDC.
Much of the impetus to form a local chapter is rooted in last fall's candidate forum at Temple Beth Israel in Scottsdale - the one with the now-infamous meltdown by JD Hayworth's stand-in.
The meltdown was not the impetus; the fact that almost everyone in the crowd was asking the stand-in -
"We know your candidate supports Israel; so does every other candidate here tonight. What else ya got?"
...is the impetus. Many of the folks present believed then, as now, that the Jewish community is concerned with far more issues than just Israel. The NJDC, both nationally and locally, advocates for those issues.
40 to 50 people, including some names familiar to readers of this blog, have expressed interest.
The goal is to have the local chapter up and running by this summer so that come the 2008 election cycle it will be fully up to speed and ready to work for Democratic candidates.
If you are interested, contact Jerry Gettinger and the other organizers at 'njdcphx [at] cox.net'.
Later!
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