By Rabbi Joshua Samuels I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life (Deut 30:19). This week, Washingtonians voted overwhelmingly in favor of Initiative 1639, the only gun-regulation measure on any state ballot this November. With the passage of this initiative, Washington now has one of the strictest firearms laws in […]
LOS ANGELES — In response to the failure of Proposition 10 on the California ballot, Rabbi Joel Thal Simonds, Executive Director of the Jewish Center for Justice, released the following statement: “The Jewish Center for Justice is troubled by the defeat of Proposition 10 in California, a ballot measure to repeal the grievous Costa-Hawkins Rental […]
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By Julie Bank In a moment when we were without words, we gathered in community and found strength from our leaders who managed to speak of light during a time of darkness. As the Board Chair of the Jewish Center for Justice, Sunday’s briefing with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was not the event I had […]
By Mike Montgomery It’s nearly impossible to avoid the news these days and, given the awkwardness of living life in the fetal position, you likely know that our country is – what’s a nice way to put this? – at an inflection point. And you, dear citizen, are the only one who can save the […]
By Rabbi Joel Simonds Over the past few months, the JCJ community in California has been working with diverse coalitions to pass legislation that would strengthen our state’s gun violence prevention laws, protect our environment, assist those struggling with poverty, reform our criminal justice system, and protect our immigrant community. Below is a list of […]
By Ryan Biehl Ever since I was a young boy, I always assumed that voting was one of those things everyone did. This idea was ingrained in me early on by my parents, who have voted in every election that I can remember. When I was seven, they even took me out of school to […]
By Jeremy Cronig On March 24, I marched in Washington, DC with hundreds of thousands of my peers. Feeling compelled to act, we descended on our nation’s capital because we felt hopeless. My generation is not lazy. My generation is not apathetic. Young people will have our voices heard. To do so, we must vote […]
By Michelle Shapiro Sampson Growing up in my family, there was always an understanding that when you turn 18, you vote. No excuses and no exceptions. I remember the first time I voted. I had just turned 18 and I traveled with my mother to our polling place at an elementary school in my hometown […]
By Max Rosenblum Did you know that 40 percent of all eligible voters did not cast a ballot in the 2016 Election? Even more striking, less than half of young adults (age 18-29) voted in 2016. These figures provided the axis point for the particularly poignant High Holy Day sermon delivered by Rabbi Daniel Weiner, […]
