by Jewish Center for Justice | Mar 24, 2021 | Anti-Semitism, Children, Economic Justice, Events, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
Each Passover we are instructed that in every generation each person should see themselves as if they were freed from bondage in Egypt. In so doing, we remind ourselves that there are many who still face grave injustices in our society. Whether or not you sit at a...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Mar 23, 2021 | Action - National, Children, Featured, Gun Violence Prevention, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
The Jewish Center for Justice calls upon the Senate to pass the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, also called H.R. 8, which has passed in the House of Representatives. The Jewish Center for Justice is mobilizing Jewish communities and gun-violence prevention...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Feb 10, 2021 | Activism, California, Children, Economic Justice, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
UPDATE: On February 17, the Jewish Center for Justice joined the ACLU of California, Business & Professional Women of Nevada County, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Work & Family Coalition, Equal Rights Advocates, Friends Committee on...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Aug 10, 2020 | Children, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Racial Justice
*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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 18, 2020 | Children, Featured, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism
JCJ intern Adam Friedman Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5 to 4 decision to block the Trump Administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Following the decision, chairs of the Jewish Center for Justice...
