by Jewish Center for Justice | Jan 12, 2021 | Activism, Cohorts, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
The Jewish Center for Justice is excited to announce that we will be welcoming two new board members to start 2021. Ellie Caple and Heather Lazarus have contributed mightily to our justice work over the past year, and we are thrilled to add them to our growing team...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Dec 18, 2020 | Advocacy, Cohorts, Events, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Voting
2020 was a year like no other. Facing the threat of a deadly virus and the prospects of an economic recession, the Jewish Center for Justice shifted programming to meet the needs of our growing community. Watch our End-of-Year video recapping our work in 2020. Then...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Nov 9, 2020 | Cohorts, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Voting
Today, the Jewish Center for Justice Board of Directors issued the following joint statement following the announcement that Jode Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 presidential election: “The Board of the Jewish Center for Justice officially congratulates...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Oct 6, 2020 | Cohorts, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Racial Justice
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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Aug 21, 2020 | Cohorts, Criminal Justice Reform, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Racial Justice
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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jul 29, 2020 | Anti-Semitism, Cohorts, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Racial Justice
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...
