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Every year, the Republic Jewish Coalition (RJC) shows time and time again that it puts partisan interests above Jewish concerns and that there is no attack too low or slander too libelous for them to use against anyone with whom they disagree. As Jews, we have long since known the dangers of misinformation. Indeed, as the targets of the blood libel and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, we should know better than to spread half-truths and outright lies.

There is perhaps no better example than the RJC’s often conflicted relationship with Joe Lieberman. When Joe Lieberman was running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, the RJC took out a full-page ad in the New York Times attacking him and attempting to link him to Louis Farrakhan (New York Times. October 5, 2000). Yet when Lieberman was challenged in the Connecticut primary by Ned Lamont in 2006, the RJC used the opportunity to attack the Democratic Party and claim that “America and Israel [were] worse off” for his loss (http://www.rjchq.org/media/pics/lieberman.ad.jpg).

Republican Jewish Coalition Watch plays the critical role of documenting the the inaccuracies and hypocrisies of the RJC. For each advertising campaign and email the RJC puts out, we attempt to catalog both accurate statements and misleading remarks. We attempt to document these statements by referring to non-partisan neutral sources.

Republican Jewish Coalition Watch is a project of the Young Democrats of America Jewish Caucus (YDAJC; http://www.jewishcaucus.org). YDAJC is an organization dedicated to building the young Democratic Jewish political community. YDAJC seeks to engage young democrats in issues of particular Jewish concern and to invigorate young Jews to engage in politics from a progressive Democratic persepctive. YDAJC accomplishes this task through a combination of education, awareness, and social interaction, as well as political advocacy on issues of Jewish concern.