by Jewish Center for Justice | May 18, 2020 | Activism, California, Cohorts, Featured, JCJ Blog, Voting
Jewish Center for Justice Executive Director Rabbi Joel Simonds provides an update on how we are shifting our legislative priorities to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Follow our Vote by Mail and 2020 Census campaigns, and sign up to receive JCJ alerts....
by Jewish Center for Justice | May 7, 2020 | Featured, JCJ Blog, Women’s Rights
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases relating to employers’ obligation to provide their employees with access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act. The cases, Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania and...
by Jewish Center for Justice | May 6, 2020 | Cohorts, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism
At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak and eventual pandemic, it appeared as if lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders would last only through the beginning of the spring. Yet, as we near two months since the first virus shutdowns, it is clear that many classic summer...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Apr 13, 2020 | California, JCJ Blog, Judaism
The LA County Board of Supervisors is meeting tomorrow morning, Tuesday, April 14, and we need to urge them to support the Healthy LA platform to ensure the safety and well-being of the 10 million people who call LA home. Two weeks ago, the same Board voted to provide...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Apr 6, 2020 | Activism, Economic Justice, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism
Passover prep, the JCJ way No Yeast? No Worries! Now is the time to try out this easy and delicious 18-minute Matzah Recipe, courtesy of seminary fellow Elias Chajet and his fiancé Michelle Blumenthal. Conflicted about the afikomen prize this year? Use this...