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Interior of only remaining synagogue in Vilna, Lithuania,
by Victor Bloomfield
Kaddish for a World Destroyed, St. Paul Jewish Community Center on September 1st and run through October 17th.
Tuesday, September 14th, from 7 to 9pm. Proceeds from the sales of the photos will benefit Jewish Community Action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome! Jewish Community Action brings Minnesota’s Jews to work with the broader community to generate positive social change. Please consider becoming a member, subscribing to our email updates, and participating in our work:
Reforming our nation’s immigration system: We’ve helped extend Liberian refugees’ right to stay in the U.S., and now we’re helping them on a path to permanent residency. We’re also helping Latino immigrants find ways to access basic public services.
Seeds of Justice is JCA’s new social justice fellowship for high school students. Students learn ways to create lasting change in communities, while shadowing ommunity organizers—all in a Jewish context.
VOICE builds leadership among Russian-speaking, Jewish elderly, who face multiple barriers here in the U.S. Through education, arts, and Jewish programs that they lead themselves, this community is organizing itself, developing its own voice, & learning its own power.
Light rail along University Avenue. It should be a great thing for everyone, right? But not if the stops are a mile apart in neighborhoods that need them most. JCA took part in the Stops for Us coalition, which obtained a commitment for three additional stops, so stations will be only ˝ mile apart.
Preventing foreclosures. Keeping people in their homes. Ensuring the strength of neighborhoods. JCA helped found the Northside Community Reinvestment Coalition to do all these things, while helping mortgage lenders improve their practices.
Indie Jews is a community without a congregation that meets for monthly Shabbat dinners and social justice talk and gets involved in JCA initiatives.
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JCA's 2009 Annual Report is now available online. Read it here.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS Indie Shabbat
Friday, August 6th, 6:30pm
I Am Minneapolis/Soy Minneapolis
Wednesday, August 18th, 6pm
Seeds of Justice Fellowship for Applications now available for 2010-’11 academic year.
JCA Healthcare Working
Group...Newcomers welcome!
County-based purchasing? Early implementation of federal reform?
Help us
determine our direction!
A federal judge has blocked key provisions
of
the controversial Arizona law, SB 1070, aimed at undocumented
immigrants.
Postville Update - Plant Manager Sentenced A federal judge has sentenced former head of Agriprocessors Sholom Rubashkin to 27 years. Read the full story here.
Jewish Community Action publishes an annual Jewish social justice calendar. You or your business can support JCA and gain visibility to 1,000 local households by purchasing an ad or a date square.
Join us monthly at a vigil to support those detained for immigration violations. Sunday, August 1st, 2:30-3pm Ramsey County Adult Detention Center 425 Grove St., St. Paul For more information: Vic, 651-632-2184.
Let Congress know you support immigration reform. Sign this electronic postcard .
Prevent foreclosures with JCA: We will doorknock, negotiate with lenders, and push for federal lending reforms. FFI/RSVP: Dave, 651-632-2184.
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