Join us for hands-on Passover workshop to get ready for Passover and learn more about this tradition for your interfaith or Jewish family. Your family will make items to enliven your seder with hands-on projects, plus songs, stories and snacks. All refreshments will be kosher and nut-free. Register in advance, and you'll save $5 and […]
Doors open at 6pm. Film will begin at 6:15pm. Snacks will be provided.
CHARM CITY delivers a candid portrait of citizens, police, community advocates, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the work of JUFJ partner Safe Streets, a community-based approach to ending street violence.
After the documentary there will be a panel discussion featuring Alex Long, a violence interrupter featured in the film, along with Montgomery County community advocates Brandy H. M. Brooks and Candace Kattar. Together they will reflect on the film and highlight actions we can take locally.
Join us to prepare for the first hearing for the Racial Equity Achieves Results Act! The bill is an important step in the right direction for making DC's programs and agencies more racially equitable. It also can and should be improved.
Join us to prepare for the first hearing for the Racial Equity Achieves Results Act! The bill is an important step in the right direction for making DC's programs and agencies more racially equitable. It also can and should be improved.
Help us flood the phones in Chairman Mendelson’s office to call for full funding for the Birth-to-Three for All Act!
Join us as we pack the hearing for the Racial Equity Achieves Results Act! The bill is an important step in the right direction for making DC's programs and agencies more racially equitable. It also can and should be improved.
Join us for part 2 of our Anacostia River series to learn more about the river's ecological and environmental challenges, and then get in and do some cleaning up to make it safer for all to enjoy. We will meet on Kingman Island to pick up trash and debris and then take a boat tour with the Anacostia Riverkeeper staff to learn more about the river and the communities on its banks. Please register for the exact location.
Songful, soulful, Sabbath services featuring a teaching about a social justice issue and followed by a potluck vegetarian dinner.
It has been a jam packed 3 months of state session, with victories, disappointments, and many lessons learned. Join us to reflect on all we learned and discuss areas for growth next year.
The Montgomery County Council will be voting on the LETT Act at the meeting of the full council on May 7. Packing the chamber together with our partners in the Silver Spring Justice Coalition is a great way to show our support for this important first step towards police accountability and transparency. Join us for this important vote!
Come share your story about Birth to Three! Not every Councilmember is able to make it to the hearings, so we will take the hearing to them! This is a great opportunity to share our stories of what life is like without Birth to Three. We are planning these visits around key dates where decisions need to be made.
Now that the legislative session is behind us, join us as we introduce city and county-focused campaigns to plug into. Learn how you can take action for water justice, fair elections, and more! We will also discuss all of the changes within the city government, and what they mean for our work.
The Water Accountability and Equity Act will make water more affordable for low- and middle-income Baltimore residents, create a pathway to pay off water debt, and establish a fair and neutral process to dispute incorrect water bills. JUFJ has been working on this bill as part of the Right to Water Coalition. Join us at the hearing to testify or to show your support for water for all Baltimoreans!
Come share your story about Birth to Three! Not every Councilmember is able to make it to the hearings, so we will take the hearing to them! This is a great opportunity to share our stories of what life is like without Birth to Three. We are planning these visits around key dates where decisions need to be made.
The state legislative session is over, but our legislative relationship building and advocacy continues! JUFJ Montgomery County is hosting a RAIN OR SHINE picnic with our state legislators in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba’Omer.
Join us to debrief the session with them, and explore how we can continue to work together. We will be gathering at the Picnic Pavilion in the Locust Grove Nature Center. This will be a fun and relaxed setting with food, treats, and a campfire — kids are welcome!
Songful, soulful, Sabbath services featuring a teaching about a social justice issue and followed by a potluck vegetarian dinner.
Come learn more about the campaign to establish a Fair Elections program for Baltimore City. Learn how the policy works, ask questions, meet other community leaders, and hear how you can help.
As racist police practices make news in Montgomery County, we need to speak out about what we want from a new county police chief. Join County Executive Marc Elrich and Councilmember Will Jawando for a forum to share our feedback on police policies and priorities.
Songful, soulful, Sabbath services featuring a teaching about a social justice issue and followed by a potluck vegetarian dinner.
Join JUFJ for a Memorial celebrating the life of Robert L. White z"l on the 1 year anniversary of his killing by a Montgomery County Police Officer. It will begin with a vigil at 6:00PM at Three Oaks Drive, near the corner of Sligo Creek Parkway in Silver Spring. Then at 6:30PM there will be a processional to the church, one-half mile through neighborhood streets. and then there is the 7:00PM Service at Christ Congregational Church.
