Events
08 / 14
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Join Tikkun Leil Shabbat for a songful, soulful Shabbat service, followed by a vegetarian potluck dinner.
row seating, a cappella
6:45 pm services;
8:15 pm veggie potluck
dvar tikkun Alison Henken and Amber Shollenberger, For Love of Children (FLOC)
More information at the Tikkun Leil Shabbat webpage.
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08 / 25
Start: 6:30 am
Learn the facts about wage and hour rights in DC and develop tools to See the flyer here. | ||
08 / 26
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08 / 28
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
HEI Hotels and Resorts, owner of the Sheraton Crystal City, is one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the US yet employees have experienced reduced hours and layoffs, shortages in cleaning supplies and basic materials, and increased workloads - especially in housekeeping. Now, HEI workers are fighting back! Supported by student activists and local community leaders, workers presented their general manager, Pradeep Bobba, with a demand for a air and democratic process for deciding whether to form a union, without management interference. ow, HEI managers have fired union leader Ferdi Lazo and Hermen Romero. Support workers' right to organize! | ||
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08 / 31
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09 / 1
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09 / 3
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09 / 4
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 09/04/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 09/07/2009 - 6:59pm
Save the date for Labor on the Bimah 2009! So far, the following congregations are already signed up to participate: Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
circle seating, with instruments Church of the Pilgrims building is the gothic building on west side of 22nd St between P & Q Sts, NW. Enter around to the left side of the main entrance through the stairs down marked "Fellowship Hall." (2201 P St) 6:45 pm services; 8:15 pm veggie potluck Directions here. dvar tikkun Labor on the Bimah Learn more about Tikkun Leil Shabbat here. | ||
09 / 5
(all day)
Start: 09/04/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 09/07/2009 - 6:59pm
Save the date for Labor on the Bimah 2009! So far, the following congregations are already signed up to participate: Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Jews United for Justice invites you to join us for a special event during Labor Day weekend! We will gather together for a Havdalah service and dessert reception to celebrate Labor on the Bimah, an annual event that brings local worker-justice issues to the forefront of synagogue services. If you are interested in getting more involved in social action efforts in our community or learning more about JUFJ's day laborer justice campaign, please join us for dessert, singing, and fun! To RSVP, please contact Shira Dickler, JUFJ’s Labor on the Bimah Coordinator, at 202-408-1423 or shira@jufj.org. | ||
09 / 6
(all day)
Start: 09/04/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 09/07/2009 - 6:59pm
Save the date for Labor on the Bimah 2009! So far, the following congregations are already signed up to participate: | ||
09 / 7
End: 6:59 pm
Start: 09/04/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 09/07/2009 - 6:59pm
Save the date for Labor on the Bimah 2009! So far, the following congregations are already signed up to participate: | ||
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09 / 13
Start: 10:15 am
End: 5:00 pm
MITZVAHstock: A day of service and celebration for Jewish young professionals in the greater DC area! Be a part of the President's United We Serve initiative. In collaboration with more than a dozen Jewish organizations, we will actively work to repair the world and celebrate our commitment to giving back to our community. For more information, go to http://www.washingtondcjcc.org/MITZVAHstock Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Interested in guaranteeing that the Purple Line will benefit all communities? Join us for our next Fair Purple Line Campaign meeting, Sunday, September 13.
Start: 11:33 pm
JUFJ will have a table at the Adams Morgan Day Festival on September 13! If you will be at the festival, please come by and say hi. If you'd like to volunteer to help, contact elizabeth@jufj.org | ||
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