Events
This service will be accompanied by instruments.
Please bring a potluck vegetarian entree or salad to share. (No fish please; dairy & eggs are okay.)
Join the DC Vote Coalition, including JUFJ, in calling for representation for the District of Columbia, just a week after the 2008 election and in observance of Veteran's Day. Learn more by visiting http://www.dcvote.org/events/event.cfm?eventID=423.
If you can join the JUFJ contingent on your lunch break that day, please email darya@jufj.org.
Join us for activities and fun featuring the basic structures of unions; strategies for union support; and contract negotiations hosted by DC Jobs with Justice!
Free and open to the public. Vegan friendly refreshments available!
Join us for an interfaith luncheon to discuss how faith communities can join together to stand with the immigrant community. The National Capitol Immigration Coalition (NCIC) is organizing a march on January 21st to call for an end to the raids and deportations, and to call for just and humane immigration reform, health care for all, and worker justice. We hope all who are interested and active on these issues will come together to discuss how we can involve congregations in the January 21st mobilization. Please rsvp to David Thurston, at 646-382-4181 or dthurston@casamd.org.
Talk with other JUFJ members about the projects we're working on, help select a new Maryland-based campaign, meet new people, and find out what JUFJ has been up to in 2008 - and what might be in the works for 2009.
Membership meetings are great for new and seasoned JUFJers alike, and they only happen twice a year. Don't miss out!
Please RSVP to info@jufj.org if you'll be here. Snacks will be provided.
For more information, visit www.dcjwj.org.
Join hundreds of your fellow progressive activists from all over Maryland for this substantive conference and discussion to help form the upcoming progressive agenda for 2009. Come hear from progressive leaders in the labor, education, environmental, civil rights, health care, and criminal justice reform fields as they discuss their agendas.
The Progressive Summit will be an opportunity to foster greater coordination, cooperation, and collaboration among the various organizations and causes within Maryland's progressive community.
Inside the Activists Studio is an event designed to celebrate and showcase local Jewish change makers and the incredible work that they do, highlight the multitude of ways there are to make change, and build community among people with shared interests.
Join us to learn from and be energized by local Jewish change-makers and to celebrate the multitude of ways we are collectively working to create a more just and equitable world. Events will include a combination of speakers, workshops, networking, local social justice opportunities, and more!
The Coalition for a Worker Center in DC, which includes JUFJ, discussed will be doing more door-knocking in the Brentwood neighborhood, this time with a survey to record support for a worker center and opinions about what kinds of services it should offer.
We set the goal of at least 60 surveys before Thanksgiving. To achieve this, we will go out twice: on Sunday, November 23 from 5-8pm, and on Monday, November 24 from 2-5pm. Please join us!
To learn more, contact mbaris@dclabor.org.
Join us as we report back on outreach to rabbis and congregations, and plan for a Jewish community-wide on DC voting rights. All are welcome, including newcomers to this working group.
This year, the Washington Jewish Film Festival includes 59 different films at 7 different venues - don't miss it!
JUFJ members may be particularly interested in...
- Nine from Little Rock and A Time for Justice, both about the Civil Rights Movement
- Mom, I Didn't Kill Your Daughter, about a Jewish transgender man
- The Making of Liberty, about the workers who created the Statue of Liberty
- At Home in Utopia, about the history of the long history of workers' rights in the Jewish community
- Darling: The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, about a South African man who does HIV education
... and there are 53 others to choose from! Learn more at www.wjff.org .
Join us as we meet with our elected officials to discuss issues of importance to the Jewish community and our 2009 Maryland Jewish Alliance platform.
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This year, the Washington Jewish Film Festival includes 59 different films at 7 different venues - don't miss it!
JUFJ members may be particularly interested in...
- Nine from Little Rock and A Time for Justice, both about the Civil Rights Movement
- Mom, I Didn't Kill Your Daughter, about a Jewish transgender man
- The Making of Liberty, about the workers who created the Statue of Liberty
- At Home in Utopia, about the history of the long history of workers' rights in the Jewish community
- Darling: The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, about a South African man who does HIV education
... and there are 53 others to choose from! Learn more at www.wjff.org .
Tikkun Leil Shabbat is a welcoming, restful, songful community where we glimpse redemption at dusk on a Friday evening, eat things with tofu and noodles in them, learn from each others' thoughts and experiences, and educate ourselves about the good work people are already doing to make our city a gentler and fairer place for everyone who lives here.
This service will be East-facing and a cappella.
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This year, the Washington Jewish Film Festival includes 59 different films at 7 different venues - don't miss it!
JUFJ members may be particularly interested in...
- Nine from Little Rock and A Time for Justice, both about the Civil Rights Movement
- Mom, I Didn't Kill Your Daughter, about a Jewish transgender man
- The Making of Liberty, about the workers who created the Statue of Liberty
- At Home in Utopia, about the history of the long history of workers' rights in the Jewish community
- Darling: The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, about a South African man who does HIV education
... and there are 53 others to choose from! Learn more at www.wjff.org .
This year, the Washington Jewish Film Festival includes 59 different films at 7 different venues - don't miss it!
JUFJ members may be particularly interested in...
- Nine from Little Rock and A Time for Justice, both about the Civil Rights Movement
- Mom, I Didn't Kill Your Daughter, about a Jewish transgender man
- The Making of Liberty, about the workers who created the Statue of Liberty
- At Home in Utopia, about the history of the long history of workers' rights in the Jewish community
- Darling: The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, about a South African man who does HIV education
... and there are 53 others to choose from! Learn more at www.wjff.org .
The Coalition for a Worker Center in DC, including JUFJ, will be knocking on doors in the Brentwood neighborhood, this time with a survey to record support for a worker center and opinions about what kinds of services it should offer.
We're hoping to collect 100 surveys by the end of 2009. Join us in talking to neighbors and planning together for a worker center that meets everyone's needs.
Can't make it on Sunday the 7th? Join coalition members on Mondays, 12/1 and 12/8 at 5:30pm, or on Tuesday, 12/3 at 9:30am.
To learn more, contact mbaris@dclabor.org.
Jews United for Justice shares information about events & opportunities sponsored by JUFJ allies, or information about local Jewish or inter-faith events and opportunities which concern local social justice issues, local anti-poverty work, or religious teachings about social justice issues.
It is up to our discretion whether or not to list a particular event or opportunity. No events will be listed which take place outside of the greater DC area, or which focus primarily on international issues. We may choose not to publicize events which take place on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath - from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday), or on Jewish holidays.
To submit an event or opportunity for consideration to be listed on our website please email us a one-paragraph description.
