JUFJ 10th Anniversary Celebration
Join us as we celebrate 10 years of JUFJ working for justice across Washington and honor Ruth Messinger, Rabbi Bob Saks, and Joelle Novey with Abraham Joshua Heschel Vision Awards. Get your tickets now! To insure that all JUFJ volunteers and activists are able to join in our 10th Anniversary Celebration, we are now offering discounted $54 tickets in exchange for volunteer help leading up to the event.
Sunday October 19, 2008, 6pm
Woolly Mammoth Theater, 641 D St, NW Washington, DC 20005
In its ten-year history, JUFJ has mobilized thousands of Jews from across the region to pass living wage laws in Maryland and DC, develop affordable housing initiatives and an eviction prevention program in Washington, and - most recently - win the right to a contract for Domestic Workers in Montgomery County.
Our Honorees:
Ruth Messinger - As President of American Jewish World Service, Ruth built an organization dedicated to improving the lives of millions around the world even as it builds a new generation of social justice activists here in the US.
Rabbi Bob Saks - As rabbi at Bet Mishpachah for 17 years, Bob serves a congregation established by Washington's GLBT community. He also fights for DC workers' rights as a member of the Workers' Rights Board of Washington.
Joelle Novey - As a JUFJ activist and a powerful young leader, Joelle is co-founder of two of JUFJ's core programs: Tikkun Leil Shabbat, and Green and Just Celebrations: a Purchasing Guide for Washington's Jewish Families.
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Event Co-Chairs:
Alex Carter, Bet Mishpachah
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
Harriet Shugerman, Greater Washington Jewish Task Force on Darfur
Host Committee: (as of September 30)
Heather & Paul Booth
Darin Dalmat
Rabbi George Driesen, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
Sanford & Susan Fain
Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Adas Israel Congregation
Elissa Froman*
Debbie Goldman
David Goldston
Sally Gottesman
Roberta Hantgan
Miriam Joffe-Block
Robin Katcher
Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block*
Sharlene Kranz*
Steve Lachter
Jerry Levine and Sarah Pokempner
Linda Lipsett & Jules Bernstein
Rabbi Jack Luxemburg, Temple Beth Ami
David Mackoff*
Rabbi Sarah Meytin
Rabbi Jack Moline, Agudas Achim Congregation
Minna Scherlinder Morse
Shelley Moskowitz*
Karen Paul-Stern
Rabbi Mindy Portnoy, Temple Sinai
Judy & Lewis Priven
Rabbi Marc Raphael, Kehilat Shalom
Adina Rosenbaum*
Mike Rubin
Rabbi Bob Saks,* Bet Mishpachah
Lenny Sapozhnikov
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, PANIM
Rabbi David Shneyer, Am Kolel
Margaret Siegel
Marilyn Sneiderman & Stephen Lerner
Daniel Sokatch
Sy Sokatch*
Daniel Solomon
Rabbi Alana Suskin, Shaare Torah Congregation
Tac Tacelosky
Jevera Temsky*
Zachary Teutsch
Jon Wheeler*
Joslyn Williams, Metro Washington Council of AFL-CIO
* denotes JUFJ Board Members
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