by Jewish Center for Justice | Feb 23, 2021 | Activism, Archived, Archived 2021, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism, LGBTQ
UPDATE: On February 25, the House passed The Equality Act. The bill now moves to the Senate. All actions mentioned below will apply to U.S. Senators only. Last week, The Equality Act was officially passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Jewish Center for...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jan 19, 2021 | Featured, Ideas, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism
Today, the Jewish Center for Justice joined 86 other religious and faith-based groups in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court arguing that the Trump Administration’s attempt to divert otherwise-allocated funds for construction of a border wall is...
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 | Jan 11, 2021 | Activism, Anti-Semitism, Events, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
On Friday, January 8, 2021, Jewish Center for Justice Executive Director Rabbi Joel Simonds moderated a panel for the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA), a conversation which featured Congresswoman Susan Wild, Congressman Brad Schneider, Congressman Mike...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Jan 6, 2021 | Activism, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism
In response to today’s news out of Washington, DC, Rabbi Joel Simonds, Executive Director of the Jewish Center for Justice, issued a video response. From the video: “When there is calm, and when we have rid our nation’s capitol of this horrific...
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...
