by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 30, 2023 | Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, LGBTQ
In response to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to limit LGBTQ+ protections, the JCJ Micah D. Bycel Summer Fellows issued the following joint statement: We are appalled by the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of 303 Creative LLC vs. Elenis. As progressive Jews, we...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 29, 2023 | Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Racial Justice
In response to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling to reverse affirmative action in colleges and universities, the JCJ Micah D. Bycel Summer Fellows issued the following joint statement: We are outraged over the Supreme Court’s catastrophic decision to overturn the use of...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 27, 2023 | Activism, Archived, Archived 2023, Featured, Global Poverty, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Women’s Rights
Take ACTION by contacting your U.S. Representative, and urging them to support H.R. 3938. Find your U.S. Representative here. Sample script: Hello, my name is [your name], and I am calling today to urge [U.S. Representative name] to support H.R. 3938, also called the...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 27, 2023 | Cohorts, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Voting Rights
The first thing I did when my JCJ summer fellowship began was compare JCJ’s agenda with the Supreme Court decisions expected to be released in June 2023. I thoroughly researched each topic that was presented to the court this past session, which included voting...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 22, 2023 | Cohorts, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
My name is Hannah Pomerantz and I am a Rabbinic Legislative Fellow this summer. I am currently a third-year student at the Los Angeles Campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. I have previously been involved in political work, including an...
