JUFJ is delighted to announce two new staff who will be joining us this summer!  They will be a crucial part of making this year's Labor on the Bimah program an even greater success this year.

Jessie Posilkin has joined JUFJ for Summer 2010 as the Labor on the Bimah Coordinator.  She is also working on the Defeat Poverty DC campaign, a project endorsed by JUFJ.  Jessie has a history of volunteering with the Labor Seder, the Worker Center Campaign, and previous Labor on the Bimahs.  She comes to JUFJ from the Save Our Safety Net Campaign, which mobilized over 3,000 DC residents to support progressive taxation and to prevent cuts to the most critical human services programs.  She previously worked as the DC Program Officer for Pursue (formerly the AVODAH-AJWS Partnership), building our community of young, progressive-minded Jews in DC.  Jessie is also an alumna of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, and has worked in the legal clinic at Bread for the City.

Kristin Jaffe recently joined JUFJ as an intern, working specifically on the Labor On the Bimah program.  She is in DC with the Machon Kaplan program through the Religious Action Center.  Kristin is currently attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and majoring in Public and Nonprofit Management with a certificate in Jewish Studies.  She is a member of Alpha Phi Omega, an international co-ed service fraternity in which she is the service chair for the Monroe County Circles Initiative, a local nonprofit that helps build relationships across class and race lines to end poverty.  She is very excited to help organize a wonderful Labor on the Bimah program this year with the local community!