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The ”’Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California”’ (”’JPAC”’), is an [[American Jewish]] [[advocacy]] [[umbrella organization]] of “leading” Jewish community organizations across [[California]], “the largest single-state coalition of Jewish organizations in the nation”, founded in 1972 to advocate in Sacramento on behalf of that Jewish community’s concerns and broadly shared values, articulated in its two pillars, fighting for “issues that support [that] Jewish community” and that “directly further Jewish values”.<ref name=”About”/> |
The ”’Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California”’ (”’JPAC”’), is an [[American Jewish]] [[advocacy]] [[umbrella organization]] of “leading” Jewish community organizations across [[California]], “the largest single-state coalition of Jewish organizations in the nation”, founded in 1972 to advocate in Sacramento on behalf of that Jewish community’s concerns and broadly shared values, articulated in its two pillars, fighting for “issues that support [that] Jewish community” and that “directly further Jewish values”.<ref name=”About”/> |
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Despite [[Jesse Gabriel]]’s, a state lawmaker who co-chairs the Legislature’s Jewish Caucus, implication that 501(c)(4) organizations can only advocate within the political scope of “social services organizations”,<ref name=polmoney>{{cite web |last1=Gardiner |first1=Dustin |last2=He |first2=Eric |last3=Jones |first3=Blake |title=Faculty union targets Jewish political money |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2025/10/21/faculty-union-targets-jewish-political-money-00616220 |website=POLITICO |access-date=26 October 2025 |language=en |date=21 October 2025}}</ref> “in practice [such organizations may] spend [up to] 50% of their money on [any] politics.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/05/13/what-is-a-501c4-anyway/|title=What is a 501(c)4, anyway?|last=Sullivan|first=Sean|date=May 13, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 13, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=November 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122031850/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/05/13/what-is-a-501c4-anyway/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[Gaza war]], JPAC “led”, through the use of its preexisting relationships with the Legislative Jewish Caucus and other allies in the [[California State Legislature]], advocacy efforts to change California’s ethnic studies curriculum through the passage of AB 715, through what it considered to be “removal of antisemitic content”<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislation – JPAC |url=https://jpac-cal.org/legislation/ |website=JPAC |access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref> such as “directly or indirectly denying the right of Israel [[right to exist|to exist]]”, a right that does not exist in international law, itself operating on [[diplomatic recognition]]. After clashing with the [[California Teachers Association]], “the [Jewish Caucus …] unveiled a new bill that was nearly empty of specifics of what it would do”.<ref>{{cite web |title=”For better or worse”: How California’s antisemitism bill became a proxy for the war in Gaza |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/california-antisemitism-bill-00611723 |website=POLITICO |access-date=26 October 2025 |language=en |date=17 October 2025}}</ref> Still objecting, organizations such as the [[California Faculty Association]] described the legislation as “fail[ing] to address [antisemitism] sincerely or prudently” while “instead offer[ing] a legitimate means to surveil and censor educators in the very institutions founded on the principles of free speech and academic freedom”,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Jon |title=CFA Members Denounce the Passing of Assembly Bill 715 as a Threat to Free Speech and Academic Freedom |url=https://www.calfac.org/cfa-members-denounce-the-passing-of-assembly-bill-715-as-a-threat-to-free-speech-and-academic-freedom-2/ |website=California Faculty Association |access-date=26 October 2025 |date=16 October 2025}}</ref> but this did not prevent it from being subsequently signed into law by Governor [[Gavin Newsom]].<ref name=polmoney/> Affirming the free-wheeling nature of JPAC’s political advocacy, [[AIPAC]] spokesperson [[Marshall Wittmann]] characterized the CFA’s objection as “ostracizing fellow citizens who are engaged in the democratic process to strengthen the US-Israel partnership” and of discriminating against pro-Israel Americans.<ref name=polmoney/> |
Despite [[Jesse Gabriel]]’s, a state lawmaker who co-chairs the Legislature’s Jewish Caucus, implication that 501(c)(4) organizations can only advocate within the political scope of “social services organizations”,<ref name=polmoney>{{cite web |last1=Gardiner |first1=Dustin |last2=He |first2=Eric |last3=Jones |first3=Blake |title=Faculty union targets Jewish political money |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2025/10/21/faculty-union-targets-jewish-political-money-00616220 |website=POLITICO |access-date=26 October 2025 |language=en |date=21 October 2025}}</ref> “in practice [such organizations may] spend [up to] 50% of their money on [any] politics.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/05/13/what-is-a-501c4-anyway/|title=What is a 501(c)4, anyway?|last=Sullivan|first=Sean|date=May 13, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 13, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=November 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122031850/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/05/13/what-is-a-501c4-anyway/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[Gaza war]], JPAC “led”, through the use of its preexisting relationships with the Legislative Jewish Caucus and other allies in the [[California State Legislature]], advocacy efforts to change California’s ethnic studies curriculum through the passage of AB 715, through what it considered to be “removal of antisemitic content”<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislation – JPAC |url=https://jpac-cal.org/legislation/ |website=JPAC |access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref> such as “directly or indirectly denying the right of Israel [[right to exist|to exist]]”, a right that does not exist in international law, itself operating on [[diplomatic recognition]]. After clashing with the [[California Teachers Association]], “the [Jewish Caucus …] unveiled a new bill that was nearly empty of specifics of what it would do”.<ref>{{cite web |title=”For better or worse”: How California’s antisemitism bill became a proxy for the war in Gaza |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/california-antisemitism-bill-00611723 |website=POLITICO |access-date=26 October 2025 |language=en |date=17 October 2025}}</ref> Still objecting, organizations such as the [[California Faculty Association]] described the legislation as “fail[ing] to address [antisemitism] sincerely or prudently” while “instead offer[ing] a legitimate means to surveil and censor educators in the very institutions founded on the principles of free speech and academic freedom”,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Jon |title=CFA Members Denounce the Passing of Assembly Bill 715 as a Threat to Free Speech and Academic Freedom |url=https://www.calfac.org/cfa-members-denounce-the-passing-of-assembly-bill-715-as-a-threat-to-free-speech-and-academic-freedom-2/ |website=California Faculty Association |access-date=26 October 2025 |date=16 October 2025}}</ref> but this did not prevent it from being subsequently signed into law by Governor [[Gavin Newsom]].<ref name=polmoney/> Affirming the free-wheeling nature of JPAC’s political advocacy, [[AIPAC]] spokesperson [[Marshall Wittmann]] characterized the CFA’s objection as “ostracizing fellow citizens who are engaged in the democratic process to strengthen the US-Israel partnership” and of discriminating against pro-Israel Americans.<ref name=polmoney/> |
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The Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), is an American Jewish advocacy[6] umbrella organization of “leading” Jewish community organizations across California, “the largest single-state coalition of Jewish organizations in the nation”, founded in 1972 to advocate in Sacramento on behalf of that Jewish community’s concerns and broadly shared values, articulated in its two pillars, fighting for “issues that support [that] Jewish community” and that “directly further Jewish values”.[1]
Political positions
Pro-Israel advocacy
Strong support for California Assembly Bill 715
Despite Jesse Gabriel‘s, a state lawmaker who co-chairs the Legislature’s Jewish Caucus, implication that 501(c)(4) organizations can only advocate within the political scope of “social services organizations”,[6]Gardiner, Dustin; He, Eric; Jones, Blake (October 21, 2025). “Faculty union targets Jewish political money”. POLITICO. Retrieved October 26, 2025.</ref> “in practice [such organizations may] spend [up to] 50% of their money on [any] politics.”[7] During the Gaza war, JPAC “led”, through the use of its preexisting relationships with the Legislative Jewish Caucus and other allies in the California State Legislature, advocacy efforts to change California’s ethnic studies curriculum through the passage of AB 715, through what it considered to be “removal of antisemitic content”[8] such as “directly or indirectly denying the right of Israel to exist“, a right that does not exist in international law, itself operating on diplomatic recognition. After clashing with the California Teachers Association, “the [Jewish Caucus …] unveiled a new bill that was nearly empty of specifics of what it would do”.[9] Still objecting, organizations such as the California Faculty Association described the legislation as “fail[ing] to address [antisemitism] sincerely or prudently” while “instead offer[ing] a legitimate means to surveil and censor educators in the very institutions founded on the principles of free speech and academic freedom”,[10] but this did not prevent it from being subsequently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.[6] Affirming the free-wheeling nature of JPAC’s political advocacy, AIPAC spokesperson Marshall Wittmann characterized the CFA’s objection as “ostracizing fellow citizens who are engaged in the democratic process to strengthen the US-Israel partnership” and of discriminating against pro-Israel Americans.[6]
Other supporters of the bill in its final form
“Dozens of Jewish organizations and advocates, including […] the Anti-Defamation League and the Bay Area chapter of the Jewish Community Relations Council.”[11]
Other opponents of the bill in its final form
“Include ACLU California Action, the Association of California School Administrators, California County Superintendents, California School Boards Association, Council of UC Faculty Associations, Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area chapter and the University of California Student Association, among others.”[11]
Political and apolitical activities
The organization’s Campus Council meets monthly on Zoom from December to April, culminating in person in May for the annual JPAC Capitol Summit in Sacramento.[12] When responding to the CFA’s objection, executive Bocarsly argued that JPAC was not an interest group because it “does not make political contributions or endorse candidates[, and that] the coalition includes organizations that provide social services, help asylum seekers and give legal aid to undocumented immigrants.”[6]
References
- ^ a b “About – JPAC”. JPAC. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ a b “Staff – JPAC”. JPAC. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ “Member Organizations – JPAC”. JPAC. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ “Jewish Public Affairs Committe Of California – Nonprofit Explorer – ProPublica”. ProPublica. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ “The Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California Company Profile | Management and Employees List”. Datanyze. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Gardiner, Dustin; He, Eric; Jones, Blake (October 21, 2025). “Faculty union targets Jewish political money”. POLITICO. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ Sullivan, Sean (May 13, 2013). “What is a 501(c)4, anyway?”. The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ^ “Legislation – JPAC”. JPAC. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ “‘For better or worse’: How California’s antisemitism bill became a proxy for the war in Gaza”. POLITICO. October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ Chen, Jon (October 16, 2025). “CFA Members Denounce the Passing of Assembly Bill 715 as a Threat to Free Speech and Academic Freedom”. California Faculty Association. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ a b “Controversial antisemitism bill awaits Newsom’s signature”. The Mercury News. September 21, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ “Campus Council – JPAC”. JPAC. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
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