Unlike most other pro-Israel PACs, JAC concerns itself not only with supporting the US-Israel relationship, but also with confronting other domestic issues it deems of importance to the Jewish community.
Although JAC favors US involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, it takes no position on internal Israeli politics, instead focusing its Israel advocacy on strengthening the US–Israel Relationship.
The group's founders sought to counteract the rise of organizations such as the Moral Majority and The Christian Coalition, who were instrumental in defeating Congressional allies of Israel in the 1980 election.
In 1989, the US Supreme Court ruled in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services that states could legislate certain limits on abortion rights, resulting in a surge in anti-abortion advocacy from right-wing religious groups.
[7] Recognizing that opposition to abortion was moving to the top of the right wing political agenda, JACPAC began explicitly incorporating reproductive choice into its mission that same year.
Joint Action Committee (JAC) is an advocacy group that promotes the United States-Israel relationship, separation of religion and state, reproductive freedom, and selected initiatives consistent with Jewish community values.