Start the new week on the right foot! Join JUFJ and Tikkun Leil Shabbat for a Labor on the Bimah Havdalah celebration and dessert.

We'll honor all of our volunteers and get a fresh perspective on this year's theme, the importance of organized labor, from one of our new volunteers. We'll also mark the end of Shabbat with a warm Havdalah ceremony and enjoy a bite of something sweet!

Volunteer for this year's Labor on the Bimah! Labor on the Bimah is a national program put on by Interfaith Worker Justice along with Labor in the Pulpits and Labor in the Minbar. Over 40 synagogues all over the DC Metro Area are participating in this year's Labor on the Bimah. You can be a part of this effort by volunteering to give a sermon, give a 2-3 minute spiel about JUFJ, or sitting in the audience and schmoozing with congregation members at a synagogue. To let us know you're interested and get ready to volunteer, you can come to a training at the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism from 7 pm to 9 pm. There, you will learn more about this year's topic, meet other Labor on the Bimah participants, and prepare to be a great volunteer. E-mail Lizzie Busch at lizzie@jufj.org for more information.

circle seating, w/instruments
6:45 pm services, 8:15ish pm potluck dinner
Church of the Pilgrims building, 2201 P St NW
Directions here.

Help JUFJ and local congregations put the "labor" back in Labor Day over the holiday weekend!  Visit the Labor on the Bimah  page for more information.

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.

Save the date for Labor on the Bimah 2009! So far, the following congregations are already signed up to participate:

Join Jews United for Justice and Interfaith Worker Justice of Greater Washington for a creative, interactive discussion about the problem of wage theft and how our religious communities can stand in solidarity with day laborers and other workers in DC. You will:

• Join local faith leaders in exploring our faiths' traditional responses to wage theft
• Create art and stories that help to illustrate those connections
• Meet others from a variety of faith traditions who are committeed to social and economic justice

To learn more, or to RSVP, please contact shira@jufj.org.

Join Labor on the Bimah coordinator Shira and JUFJ volunteers as we begin to plan a weekend of Labor Day programs. Develop a resource packet for rabbis and congregations, plan an interfaith evening of workers' rights, or help get the word out to congregations and members of the Jewish community. All are welcome, but please RSVP to shira@jufj.org.

Do you have a bubbe or zayde in a ManorCare nursing home? Do you know someone who does?

ManorCare, one of the largest nursing home chains in the country, was bought out by the Carlyle Group, whose management has made working conditions for nursing home staff undignified and unacceptable.

As part of this year's Labor on the Bimah campaign, JUFJ joined with the Service Employers International Union (SEIU) to demand better treament of workers from Carlyle.

Come out to support those who take care of the most vulnerable members of our community on a daily basis, and tell Carlyle they must change their labor practices!

RSVP to Darya at Darya@jufj.org to tell us you will be there.

Volunteering for Labor on the Bimah?

Come to our mandatory (but fun) volunteer training where you will hear all you need to know to successfully represent JUFJ at Labor on the Bimah.

We will be handing out brochures and materials for you to take with you - so please don't miss this important evening even if you are a seasoned volunteer with the organization!

In appreciation we will, of course, feed you pizza.

RSVP to Sonya@jufj.org to let Sonya know you will attend.