Archive for February 2022
HHREC Board of Directors Member Appointed to Serve as General Counsel Department of U.S. Navy
White Plains, NY February 16th, 2022 – John P. “Sean” Coffey has been appointed by the U.S. Senate to become General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. Mr. Coffey was nominated as general counsel by President Joe Biden in August 2021. He is a retired Navy captain and former federal prosecutor. Mr. Coffey served…
Read MoreSTATEMENT FROM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMNING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL-UK REPORT
We, the subscribing organizations representing the broad mainstream of the New York Jewish community, condemn and reject the report of Amnesty International UK, which attempts to label Israel as an apartheid state and undermine its right to exist as a democratic state and a homeland for the Jewish people. The report is brimming with substandard analysis,…
Read MoreHHREC Executive Director Joins Westchester County Executive For Press Conference to Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On Thursday, January 27th, Westchester County Executive George Latimer was joined by HHREC Executive Director MIllie Jasper and Westchester Jewish Council CEO Elliot Forchheimer to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges…
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