Events
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.
For more information about TLS, click here
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.
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 .
Hear our state legislators identify their top priorities and address the Jewish community's state platform:
- funding social services, health care, & the environment in austere times
- divesting from Iran & Sudan
- supporting the Virgina Israel Advisory Board
- separation of religion & state
- combating bias
Most importantly raise YOUR concerns for 2009.
RSVP on-line or to JCRC, Debbie Linick
703-893-4007 / dlinick@jcouncil.org
Free light kosher buffet at 6pm; program begins at 6:30.
Hear our state legislators identify their top priorities
and address the Jewish community's state platform:
- funding social services, health care, & the environment in austere times
- divesting from Iran & Sudan
- supporting the Virgina Israel Advisory Board
- separation of religion & state
- combating bias
Most importantly raise YOUR concerns for the 2009 General
rsvp to JCRC, Debbie Linick 703-893-4007 / dlinick@jcouncil.org
Join us in learning the basic structures of DC government and how a bill becomes a law through interactive activities and dialogue.
Vegan Friendly Refreshments!!
Free and open to the public!!
Click to Register
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d
The Gerry Brittain Education Project is an initiative of DC Jobs with Justice designed to strengthen local organizing and build power among working people in the District of Columbia. Named in honor of Geraldine “Gerry” Birttain, social worker and long time community activist, this education project incorporates skill building and political education into monthly trainings lasting between 50 minutes and 2 hours. Gerry never passed up the opportunity to support a union cause, taking on hotel owners, parking lot companies, laundries, building owners or grocery store chains. Trainings are free and open to the public; locations rotate. For a schedule of upcoming trainings, more information contact DC JwJ at dterry@dclabor.org or 202.974.8281.
Join JUFJ's antiracism working group as we educate ourselves and work to become an antiracist ally group. This will be a working meeting - come prepared to do some research, writing, or outreach! All are welcome, including those new to this working group.
Join JUFJ for this open working group meeting.
The opening plenary of the Rabbis for Human Rights conference is happening right here in DC - and tickets are free! The session is entitled "Zionism, Israel and Human Rights" and will feature former Speaker of the Knesset Avrum Burg and Dean of the Faculty of the Arts at Al-Quds University, Munther Dajani.
Rabbis, rabbinical students, and all who are committed to human rights are invited to attend.Tickets are free to the first 250 attendees. Subsequent tickets are $18.
Plenary session 7:15-9:15
Reception 9:30-10:30
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 .
Come to a rally and support a food drive in support of Northern VA Hotel workers, in particular those at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington who have been boycotting their hotel.
Please contribute canned goods and other non-perishable food items to the food drive, which we are coordinating for the workers just in time for the holidays.
Visit hotelworkersrising.org for more details on the labor dispute.
Also, feel free to read this Washington Post article on one of the Hilton
Crystal City workers, Regino Romero:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/10/16/ST200810160363
9.html
If you have any questions at all, call Allison Aguilar at Unite Here!:
410.659.2191 ext. 12 OR 703.838.3605.
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 .
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 .
Featuring a sacred eco-building tour of Adat Shalom led by two local environmental champions, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb and Mike Tidwell.
Follwed by a chocolate reception.
The GWIPL Awards honor faith communities and individuals for their commitment and good work to be good stewards of the planet.
ABOUT OUR TOUR GUIDES:
Adat Shalom is the 2002 winner of the EPA Energy Star for Congregations award and features passive solar heating, solar ner tamid (eternal light), sustainable wood and much more. Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb has served as Adat Shalom's rabbi for a decade, is on the national board of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and is the chair of GWIPL's Steering Committee.
Mike Tidwell is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Also an author, his latest book, focusing on hurricane Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities.
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.
Parlor Meetings (Click for More Details)
Should we support light rail? Bus rapid transit? Something else? The deadline for comments is in January on this important project that will affect our communities for years to come. Join the discussion.
Panelists:
Ben Ross, Action Committee for Transit
Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Councilmember
Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland State Delegate
Andy Fellows, Clean Water Action
A representative from Maryland Transit Administration
This event is being co-sponsored by Progressive Neighbors and Eastern Village Cohousing Community.
The Washington Peace Center welcomes you to a festive evening of music, food, danc'n, art, and awards! Guest speakers include Dave Zirin, author of The People's History of Sports, and Linda Leaks of EMPOWER DC.
Music provided by Son of Nun, Girls Rock! DC, and Mexicanos sin Fronteras' Grupo sin Fronteras.
Tickets $10-$20 sliding scale. $35 Premier Entry (includes gift)
Info and RVSP (202) 234-2000 or virginia@washingtonpeacecenter.net
www.washingtonpeacecenter.net
14 Human Rights organizations participating - including JUFJ! Stop by our table and say hello!
Featuring popular singing duo MAGPIE, Sephardic singer Flory Jagoda, and David Shneyer and the Fabrangen Fiddlers.
Sponsored by Am Kolel and Tifereth Israel. Proceed from Concert distributed amongst human rights groups
For more information see events: http://www.am-kolel.org/
Join Shomrei Adamah of Greater Washington for an evening of locally grown potato latkes and applesauce along with other local treats, fair-trade chocolate gelt, and beeswax candles. Activities for all ages will include a fair-trade chocolate display, an enviromental and social justice booth, music and more.
Co-sponsors include: Jews United for Justice, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, Teva Learning Center, Moishe House Silver Spring, Moishe House DC, AVODAH-AJWS Partnership
For info: http://www.shomreiadamah.org/
To RSVP: adamah@shomreiadamah.org
Celebrate Chanukah with Tikkun Leil Shabbat!
Friday, December 26 - circle seating, with instruments
Please bring a potluck vegetarian dish to share.
Also: If you can read Hebrew and are interested in reading Megillah or
learning how to read Megillah (the Book of Esther) at Tikkun Leil
Shabbat's gathering on Purim evening on Monday March 9, email
tikkunleilshabbat@yahoo.com.
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