A Jewish coalition formed in response to the 2010 Park51 controversy. [fact]
Marjorie Dove Kent is the executive director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), an organization that mobilizes Jews to combat racism and economic inequity in New York City. The organization participates in a larger coalition called the Jews Against Islamophobia Coalition that arose in response to the Park51 controversy in lower Manhattan in 2010.
XREF: Connects to broader narratives about interfaith solidarity and responses to Islamophobia in post-9/11 America.
Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Intro…, loc. 715