by Jewish Center for Justice | Jun 22, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism, Racial Justice
The Jewish Center for Justice recently delivered the following letter to members of the California legislature urging support for the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S.) Act (AB 2054), a significant effort to accomplish police...
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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | May 21, 2020 | Activism, Cohorts, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism
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,...
by Jewish Center for Justice | May 6, 2020 | Cohorts, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism
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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Apr 13, 2020 | California, JCJ Blog, Judaism
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...
by Jewish Center for Justice | Apr 6, 2020 | Activism, Economic Justice, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism
Passover prep, the JCJ way No Yeast? No Worries! Now is the time to try out this easy and delicious 18-minute Matzah Recipe, courtesy of seminary fellow Elias Chajet and his fiancé Michelle Blumenthal. Conflicted about the afikomen prize this year? Use this...
