Demand Good Jobs Now!
Mon, May 10th
6 - 8pm
Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church
1219 New Jersey Avenue, NW
(New York Ave metro on the red line)
Shouldn't City money put DC residents to work? Join the Good Jobs Now
Coalition for a community accountability night to demand that DC
Councilmembers support legislation that will create higher standards for
local hiring, job training, and worker protection on publicly-funded
developments.    

Getting Your Message Out Through the Media
May 18th, 6:30-8:30pm
St. Stephen Episcopal Church
1525 Newton St NW
Columbia Heights metro, S2/S4 bus

Pre-register online at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d.
A donation of $10 is requested, but no-one is turned away.

Trainers:

Tanya Snyder is a reporter for WTOP and Latin American solidarity
activist. Previously Tanya covered Capitol Hill for public radio
stations.

Roxanne Lawson is a trainer, a community organizer and global justice
advocate  and anthropologist/ archaeologist. As part of her work Ms.
Lawson has been a featured commentator For National Public Radio's
*News and Notes* with Farai Chideya and as a spokesperson for print,
television and radio outlets including, FoxNews, CNN International,
PBS's *NewsHour with Jim Lerher,* BBC World News, Al-Jazeera, and
Voice of America, among others

Pre-register online at

Sunday, March 7
2:30 pm Snacks and Schmoozing
3 - 4:30 pm Weatherization Workshop

Are you a homeowner? Chances are that professional weatherization
could save you 15-35% in home heating costs!

Fabrangen, Ohev Sholom, Tifereth Israel, and three other area congregations have joined together to invite neighborhood homeowners to a Weatherization Workshop.

Learn how you can save energy, help create good jobs through a local Laborers' training program, and shrink your carbon footprint at the same time!

In particular, you'll have a chance to learn about Weatherize DC, a new organization that is working to integrate environmental justice, economic justice, and communal ownership of the environmental impact of our actions.

The Weatherize DC program coordinates efforts to ensure that green jobs training is made available to underserved communities, while simultaneously mobilizing communities of homeowners to create demand for weatherization, in turn creating jobs for those who need them most. (Learn more at www.weatherizedc.org)

Join The AVODAH-AJWS Partnership for four sessions on Jewish Justice.  Using Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution as a guide, we will examine the roots of modern political rebellion in the biblical book of Exodus.

This 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning and through facilitated discussions. The primary teacher for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network.  The class on April 2nd will feature Rabbi Jason Kimmelman-Block, director of Education at Panim.

Join The AVODAH-AJWS Partnership for four sessions on Jewish Justice.  Using Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution as a guide, we will examine the roots of modern political rebellion in the biblical book of Exodus.

This 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning and through facilitated discussions. The primary teacher for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network.  The class on April 2nd will feature Rabbi Jason Kimmelman-Block, director of Education at Panim.

Join The AVODAH-AJWS Partnership for four sessions on Jewish Justice.  Using Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution as a guide, we will examine the roots of modern political rebellion in the biblical book of Exodus.

This 4-week course will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning and through facilitated discussions. The primary teacher for the course is Rabbi Erica Asch, AJWS alumna and community organizer with the Washington Interfaith Network.  The class on April 2nd will feature Rabbi Jason Kimmelman-Block, director of Education at Panim.

Find the path where Jewish thought and life cross for YOU at this innovative festival of ideas.  This celebration will focus on identity, culture, art and music through classes, workshops and performances. Topics include:  literature, food, kaballah, Jewish texts, music, sexuality, yoga, politics…..and much more! Adults of ages and backgrounds are welcome. Click here for the current list of speakers and presentations .

Cost:

$36 - Individual tickets ($40 at the door)

Join JUFJ member Sheryl Jaffe as she teaches about the weekly Torah portion, civil rights, and social justice in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, just before inauguration day.

To learn more about DC Beit Midrash, visit www.dcbeitmidrash.org.

For twelve weeks this summer, JUFJ members will gather to explore how race, class, and gender & sexual identity intersect with and affect our identities as Jews and our work for social justice. JUFJ is proud to be able to offer this new class for the first time.

We will meet for twelve consecutive Wednesday evenings, beginning on June 25 and ending on September 10; each session will last two hours. Advance readings will include works by Judith Plaskow, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Audre Lorde, Paul Kivel, and many others. Classes will be discussion-based, facilitated by participants, and held in participants' homes around the DC area.

This summer, Justice and Jewish Thought can accommodate 12-15 participants.

Applications are due by Sunday, June 8.

For more information or to request an application form, email info@jufj.org.