by Jewish Center for Justice | Sep 9, 2025 | Archived 2025, 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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jul 14, 2025 | Archived 2025, 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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jul 3, 2025 | Antisemitism, Archived 2025, California, Children, Featured, Ideas, Israel, JCJ Blog, Judaism
The Jewish Center for Justice is joining the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California and other coalition partners in support of AB 715, a landmark bill to curb anti-Jewish hate in California schools by appointing a statewide “antisemitism coordinator” and...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 25, 2025 | Archived 2025, California, Children, Featured, Healthcare, Ideas, JCJ Blog, LGBTQ, Mental Health
Take ACTION by contacting your California legislators and urging them to support AB 727, which which would place the Trevor Project’s crisis hotline number on all student ID cards—ensuring LGBTQ+ youth always have access to lifesaving support at school. Find your...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Apr 10, 2025 | Children, Criminal Justice Reform, Economic Justice, Featured, Ideas, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism, LGBTQ, Racial Justice, Voting Rights
Each year at Passover, we ask the Four Questions to spark reflection and dialogue. This year, we bring our justice values to the table with four modern questions—grounded in JCJ’s mission to protect the vulnerable, uplift the oppressed, and pursue equity for all....
by Jewish Center for Justice | Mar 14, 2025 | Children, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Mental Health
In response to the Trump Administration’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, JCJ Founding Board Member and LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin issued the following statement: “The Jewish Center for Justice strongly condemns the push to...