(June 23, 2022 / JNS) Jewish Federations of North America sent a letter to members of Congress expressing support in favor of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The July 23 letter was signed by 189 national and local organizations, including 80 Jewish federations, network communities and Jewish Community Relations Councils, representing 42 states and the District of Columbia. “As a Jewish community, we are no strangers to trauma caused by mass shootings, and necessarily prioritize Jewish communal security and work to advance measures to secure Jewish and other faith-based institutions,” said the letter. “We recall the murders at the Jewish...