Momentum is building very rapidly in support of the legislation introduced by Representatives Nan Hayworth and Gregory Meeks for the Congressional Gold Medal for legendary Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg. The bill that they recently introduced in the United States House of Representatives has already garnered close to two hundred co-sponsors in recognition of the upcoming centennial of Wallenberg’s birth–a campaign that is being spearheaded by the Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Commission. According to Ezra Friedlander, CEO of The Friedlander Group and spokesman for the Commission the goal is to have the “requisite two thirds of the Congress sponsor the legislation which will lead to the legislation voted on unanimously and presented in 2012, which is being referred to as the Year of Wallenberg in everlasting tribute to a great humanitarian whose unparalleled heroism resulted in his rescue of over 100,000 Jews in the waning days of World War 2″. Read more »

About 700 Jews from about a dozen synagogues met Sunday in Minnetonka to voice their opposition to the proposed marriage amendment and strategize on how to turn out voters to defeat the measure, which will to be on Minnesota election ballots in November. The three-hour event was sponsored by the Jewish Community Action of St. Paul and Adath Jeshurun synagogue, where the meeting was held. In large plenary sessions and smaller break out groups, those present discussed how to educate and mobilize others to oppose the proposal, which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, effectively banning same-sex marriages. Star Tribune

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NBCNY Reports: Members of an Islamic coalition stood in front of police headquarters with signs Monday to support the NYPD’s aggressive counterterrorism efforts, saying the agency is doing what is necessary to protect the city — and Muslims. Among about three dozen members and supporters of the American Islamic Leadership Coalition attending the rally was the narrator of a controversial documentary about the dangers of radical Islam that the NYPD showed at a training area and has since disavowed. Read more »