Planning to vote? Already submitted your ballot? Share these images!
Are you voting in the upcoming election? Download this image and share on social media to let everyone know that you're voting your values. Don't forget to tag JCJ on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use #Vote2020. Follow that up by signing the JCJ Vote 2020...
Action: Urge your Senators to OPPOSE Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump and Senate leadership rushed to nominate a replacement on the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the president and the Senate neglected to pass any coronavirus relief bills. This is deeply immoral. We are...
VOTE 2020: Check for your Mail-in Ballot!!
If you live in California, chances are that you have already received your mail-in ballot for the 2020 election. If you have, you can fill it out and return it to one of your area's secure ballot drop-off locations. Vote-by-Mail Ballot Drop Boxes and Vote-by-Mail...
INSPIRING: Rabbi’s d’var Torah on loneliness and Jews of Color
JCJ Clergy Cohort member and Temple De Hirsch Sinai Rabbi Avi Fine delivered the following d'var Torah on Yom Kippur this year. Watch the full clip below. One particular excerpt stands out, beginning at 7:01: Through tfillah and tzadakah, we can split the sea of...
A Vidui (Confession) for Racism
Each year on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, we beat our chests and engage in a communal confession. Looking back on a year, it can be difficult to pinpoint specific mistakes or failures. The beauty of a communal confession is that we take on all these failures...
COVID-19: A Timeline of Justice Issues
Before COVID-19 began fundamentally altering our way of life, the Jewish Center for Justice had a very ambitious legislative agenda that targeted policy issues such as economic justice, housing, gender equality, the environment, and more. Then the onset of the...
What Social Media has taught me about listening to other perspectives
The great philosopher Epiticus once said, “We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.” This idiom is as applicable today as it was when it was originally said almost 2,000 years ago. Listening to – and understanding – others’ opinions...
How one teacher transformed her students’ understanding of racism with a single experiment
*Photo from www.janeelliott.com* By Allen Schultz On April 5, 1968, a class of white third-grade students from Riceville, Iowa all had the same question for their teacher, Ms. Jane Elliott – why was their “Hero of the Month,” Martin Luther King Jr., killed the day...
Our Jewish identities cannot erase our racial identities
My Jewish education has made me who I am today. It has taught me to learn, question, and debate Jewish texts. It has taught me to be proud of Jewish culture and customs. It taught me how to read, write, and speak Hebrew. It has taught me to remember the Holocaust. It...
Awareness to Action Day 17 | Watch and Discuss the film “12 Years a Slave”
*The following post is part of JCJ’s Awareness to Action: 21 Days Toward Racial Justice campaign.* Discussion questions after watching the film: When Solomon is kidnapped and forced into slavery along with other African Americans, we witness the abusive power and...