JUFJ in the News

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Recent coverage of JUFJ: 

10-12-11: Kol Nidre in the square: How progressive Jews are getting involved in the Occupy Movement with their own distinct style, such as holding Kol Nidre in McPherson Square. (Washington Jewish Week)

9-7-11:  "Dancing for Security:"  A look into JUFJ activist Robert Bettmann's contemporary dance piece, "Quis custodiet ipsus custodet" - who will watch the watchers- examining issues related to security. (Washington Jewish Week)

8-31-11: Pete Tucker interviews Jacob Feinspan on Verizon on the Bimah: picketing with workers and progressive religious communities. (The Fight Back)

8-15-11: On Faith: A profile of JUFJ Executive Director Jacob Feinspan's connections to Judaism and social justice. (Washington Examiner)

5-19-2011: Rabbi Jessica Oleon, JUFJ board member and income tax increase supporter, wrote I'm Ready to Invest in a Great City. (WAMU radio)

5-18-11: "Take My Money, Please, It's Yours:" How Jews and JUFJ are leading the campaign to raise income taxes in DC. (Washington Jewish Week)

5-9-11: And the Bride Wore Green: JUFJ's Green and Just Celebrations quoted extensively in Jewish feminist green weddings article. (Lilith Magazine)

4-27-11: Profile of longtime JUFJ and Tikkun Leil Shabbat leader Joelle Novey (PresenTense)

4-25-11: Living Wages Healthy Communities, A Respect DC Coalition article (Washington City Paper) 

4-19-11: Councilmember Michael A. Brown praised JUFJ in his statement honoring Passover.

4-18-11: How much will Walmart cost DC taxpayers? article by leaders of JUFJ's Walmart: Respect DC campaign (Greater Greater Washington)

3-16-11: Turning Purim on its Head- Some Supplant Booze with Social Action (Washington Jewish Week)

2-9-11: Lobbying for Minority & Immigrant Rights in Virginia  (Washington Jewish Week) 

2-3-11: Tikkun Leil Shabbat  (Patheos) 

1-17-11: Affordable Housing  (Greater Greater Washington Blog) 

6-9-10: DC Budget Cuts Worry Jews (Washington Jewish Week). 

5-24-10: JUFJ fights for the safety net (in the Washington Post). 

5-24-10: Article by Jeremiah Fellow Dan Gordon in Washington Jewish Week

5-19-10: JUFJ's Jeremiah Fellows profiled in Washington Jewish Week.   

3-3-10: JUFJ's Fair Purple Line work was mentioned in Greater Greater Washington.    

3-3-10: Article in the Prince George's County Sentinel highlighting our efforts to protect affordable housing in Langley Park.

3-1-2010: Rabbi Elizabeth Richman's letter to the editor of the Washington Post concerning replacement of Prince George's County planning board chairman

2-17-10: JUFJ event in Wonkette.

2-16-10: JUFJ event in Greater Greater Washington.

2-11-10: Jeremiah Fellow Vinny Prell is profiled in Washington Jewish Week.

12-27-09: Jewschool: Ride the Purple Line this Shabbat!

10-27-09: Muzzlewatch on JUFJ's participation at the J-Street Conference.

9-10-09: Labor on the Bimah coverage in Washington Jewish Week.

9-06-09: Labor on the Bimah coverage on WAMU-FM.

8-12-09:"Food for Thought and Justice." Washington Jewish Week's coverage of Moishe House Silver Spring's Justice Barbeque, cosponsored by JUFJ, and funded by the JCRC.

7-24-09: "Purple Line Planning." JUFJ Executive Director Jacob Feinspan's letter to the editor of the Washington Post.

7-23-09: "Sector Plan Should Meet Community's Needs." Prince George's County Gazette.  Open letter from four Prince George's County Rabbis.

7-22-09: "A Fine Line: Langley Park's Planned Redevelopment."   Greater Greater Washington , a local blog focused on public transit, walkability and smart growth.

7-10-09: "Rabbis Oppose Housing Proposal."   Washington Times coverage of this letter.

7-8-09: "Rabbis to PG County: Protect Affordable Housing." Washington Jewish Week coverage of this letter from Prince George's County Rabbis to the Prince George's County Planning Board. 

7-2-09: "Fears that Takoma/Langley Development Plan Reduces Opportunities for Accessible Housing."   El Pregonero -- article in Spanish.  

6-24-09: "JUFJ: For Purple Line, Protect Affordable Housing." Washington Jewish Week. See the second article in the section.

6-3-09: "A Local Guide to Giving Green Parties."   Washington Jewish Week.  Coverage of JUFJ's Green and Just Celebrations Guide .

5-14-09: "Rabbis Tell Specter: Join Us in Supporting Free Choice." AFL-CIO Now Blog.

5-13-09: "Town's Support for Purple Line is Heartening." Letter to the editor written by JUFJ member Sarah Meyers supporting affordable housing protections along the purple line.

4-29-09: "Synthesis Outside the Synagogue."   An article about independent minyanim, which mentions Tikkun Leil Shabbat .

4-23-09: Jewish Daily Forward: "New Labor Leaders Take a Page from History."

4-22-09: Roll Call: "DC Vote Allies Rally Against Guns."

4-17-09: JUFJ's wallet tallis was highlighted at the website creditcards.com.

4-9-09: 'The stranger in our midst.' Washington Jewish Week covers efforts by Jewish groups to work for immigration reform, including the Progress by Pesach campaign and JUFJ's labor seder for day laborers.

4-9-09: Low-wage workers' reality .  JUFJ's letter to the editor of Washington Jewish Week on why the Employee Free Choice Act is needed.  (Scroll down to see the letter.) The letter was in response to these two articles.

4-2-09: Passover: A Hotbed of Social Justice Activity .  JUFJ volunteer Emily Pearl Goodstein's blog entry about the Labor Seder.

3-27-09: Seders focus on freedom, hunger, the Earth.  A story about how many organizations across the country are using the story of passover to build community seders around critical modern-day issues.  JTA News.

3-20-09: Misguided Guilt by Association.  JUFJ Executive Director Jacob Feinspan responded to this letter in the Washington Times accusing Casa de Maryland of anti-Semitism.  

3-19-09: Guns, with votes.  An article about JUFJ's efforts for DC Voting rights in the face of a move by the House of Representatives to include an amendment striking down DC's firearm ban.  Washington Jewish Week.

Earlier coverage of JUFJ:

The Washington Jewish Week covered our response to the workers rights and immigration situation at the Agriprocessors Kosher meatpacking plant

The Washington Post was at our community Labor Seder focused on DC Voting Rights hosted by Adas Israel.

WAMU 88.5 highlighted JUFJ's DC voting rights campaign

The New York Times and the Jewish Daily Forward both profiled Tikkun Leil Shabbat.