This summer, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting internships and fellowships for young people, JCJ is increasing our summer fellowship opportunities to those who are passionate about advocacy, justice and Judaism. Over the course of the next few months,...
On May 20, JCJ College Fellow Dahvi Cohen, who is a student at George Washington University, penned an op-ed for Mic.com titled “Universities should offer tuition refunds to ensure students like myself can return when campuses reopen.” Read the full piece...
Jewish Center for Justice Executive Director Rabbi Joel Simonds provides an update on how we are shifting our legislative priorities to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Follow our Vote by Mail and 2020 Census campaigns, and sign up to receive JCJ alerts....
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases relating to employers’ obligation to provide their employees with access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act. The cases, Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania and...
At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak and eventual pandemic, it appeared as if lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders would last only through the beginning of the spring. Yet, as we near two months since the first virus shutdowns, it is clear that many classic summer...
The LA County Board of Supervisors is meeting tomorrow morning, Tuesday, April 14, and we need to urge them to support the Healthy LA platform to ensure the safety and well-being of the 10 million people who call LA home. Two weeks ago, the same Board voted to provide...