by Jewish Center for Justice | Mar 15, 2019 | Activism, Anti-Semitism, Featured, Israel, JCJ Blog
By Gabi Becher Throughout my seven years at a small, warm Jewish elementary school in Los Angeles, I was taught to love being Jewish and to love the state of Israel. The culture, food, language, history and people have always fascinated me. Further, when I met...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Feb 21, 2019 | Activism, California, Featured, Gun Violence Prevention, JCJ Blog
On Sunday, February 17, the Jewish Center for Justice partnered with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism to bring Rep. Ted Lieu to Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills for a conversation centered on how our community can take direct action to curb gun violence in...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Feb 5, 2019 | Activism, Featured, Gun Violence Prevention, JCJ Blog, LGBTQ
By Leora Greene In April 2015, when I was 15 years old, I came home from getting my braces off to learn that my grandfather had taken his own life after fighting with anxiety and depression for many years. My family and I felt a strange mix of emotions all at once:...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jan 16, 2019 | Activism, Advocacy, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism
By Michael Chaskes “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” — Pirkei Avot, 2:21. During the first 47 years of my life, I could have counted my brief number of excursions into political advocacy on one hand and still had...
