Jewish Security Agenda Faces a Congressional Handoff

Jewish Federations is pressing to move security legislation before Congress turns over. Its political director tells Jewish Insider that local federations are preparing to build relationships with a large incoming class, including new state and local officials.

Washington is also widening its Iran pressure campaign: CENTCOM has announced Task Force Iron Gate to coordinate efforts against land and Caspian Sea supply routes. In Brooklyn, police are investigating a suspected antisemitic assault on a Hasidic man walking to synagogue.

The wire follows Israel’s coalition procedures, Canadian businesses sanctioned over alleged Iran financing, and Reggie Jackson’s condemnation of antisemitism in the Philadelphia area.