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Take Action : Expand California’s Paid Family Leave Program

Take Action : Expand California’s Paid Family Leave Program

by Jewish Center for Justice | Sep 9, 2025 | Action - State & Local, Activism, California, Children, Economic Justice, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog

Take ACTION by contacting your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact SB 590, a bill to expand California’s Paid Family Leave program. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Sample script: Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling from the...
Take Action : Strengthen Safeguards Around Sensitive Health Data

Take Action : Strengthen Safeguards Around Sensitive Health Data

by Jewish Center for Justice | Sep 9, 2025 | Action - State & Local, Activism, California, Children, Featured, Healthcare, Ideas, JCJ Blog, LGBTQ, Mental Health

Take ACTION by contacting your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact SB 497, a bill that would protect transgender Californians from investigations or legal threats originating in states where their care is criminalized. Find your California Assembly Member...
These CA Bills Need to Clear their Final Floor Votes this Week

These CA Bills Need to Clear their Final Floor Votes this Week

by Jewish Center for Justice | Sep 9, 2025 | California, Featured, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism, LGBTQ

Over the past several months, our legislative team — powered by the dedication and research of our summer fellows — has tracked several key justice-focused bills in California. As the legislative session nears its close, several of these bills face final floor votes...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law 60 years ago today

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law 60 years ago today

by Jewish Center for Justice | Aug 6, 2025 | Featured, JCJ Blog, Racial Justice, Voting Rights

Signed into law on August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory practices, like literacy tests, that were used to suppress Black voters in the Jim Crow South. It was a historic victory, hard-won through years of protest, organizing, and immense...
A JCJ Update on Israel and the Middle East

A JCJ Update on Israel and the Middle East

by Jewish Center for Justice | Jul 21, 2025 | Featured, Ideas, Israel, JCJ Blog, Judaism

What is JCJ’s Role? At the Jewish Center for Justice, we are not journalists—we are advocates, activists, and unapologetic Zionists. We are also realists. We recognize that while Israel is a vibrant democracy and a homeland for the Jewish people, it is not...
Take Action: Support Our Immigrant Neighbors in Los Angeles

Take Action: Support Our Immigrant Neighbors in Los Angeles

by Jewish Center for Justice | Jul 14, 2025 | Action - State & Local, California, Children, Featured, Ideas, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism

Across Los Angeles, immigrant families—our neighbors—are living in fear. Fear of being seen. Fear of going to work. Fear of sending their children to school. Fear of even leaving their homes. We are witnessing a rise in ICE activity and anti-immigrant rhetoric, and...
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