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On Jan. 13, 2011, JFJ president [[Simon Greer]] and approximately 5 others stood outside the News Corporation building in New York, where Greer announced their intention to deliver 10,000 signatures calling on Rupert Murdoch to remove Glenn Beck from Fox News Channel’s daily lineup. Greer attempted to deliver a pink slip for Mr. Beck, calling for the termination of his contract. Greer further listed Beck's "Ten Worst Quotes of 2011" - a collection of statements Beck has made - but stripped of their context. Greer was not allowed to enter the News Corporation building, or to leave our 10,000 letters for Mr. Murdoch.<ref>[http://www.jewishjustice.org/foxaction JFJ website: 'Action @ Fox | 10,000 say fire Beck''] (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)</ref>
 
On Jan. 13, 2011, JFJ president [[Simon Greer]] and approximately 5 others stood outside the News Corporation building in New York, where Greer announced their intention to deliver 10,000 signatures calling on Rupert Murdoch to remove Glenn Beck from Fox News Channel’s daily lineup. Greer attempted to deliver a pink slip for Mr. Beck, calling for the termination of his contract. Greer further listed Beck's "Ten Worst Quotes of 2011" - a collection of statements Beck has made - but stripped of their context. Greer was not allowed to enter the News Corporation building, or to leave our 10,000 letters for Mr. Murdoch.<ref>[http://www.jewishjustice.org/foxaction JFJ website: 'Action @ Fox | 10,000 say fire Beck''] (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)</ref>
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===Progressive Leaders Sign Petition===
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On July 16, 2010, leaders of faith and progressive communities from across the United States put their name to a two-page feature in the Jewish [[Forward]] magazine which had been put together by [[Jewish Funds for Justice]]. The introduction to the feature reads,
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:''"On May 28, on his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck read an excerpt from a Washington Post column by Jewish Funds for Justice President [[Simon Greer]]. In it, Simon argued that we are at our best as a society when we put humankind and the common good first. Beck responded: "This leads to death camps. A Jew, of all people, should know that. This is exactly the kind of talk that led to the death camps in Germany: ‘put humankind and the common good first.’" In the wake of this attack on our shared values, we are grateful to so many leaders for standing with us. Because of your support, Jewish Funds for Justice can continue to speak out against this kind of demagoguery and advocate for real solutions to the pressing challenges facing millions of Americans."''
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A list of faith leaders who put their names to the feature follows:
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*[[Mary Kay Henry]], President, [[Service Employees International Union]]
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*[[Benjamin Todd Jealous]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[NAACP]]
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*Rabbi [[Rachel Cowan]], Executive Director, the [[Institute for Jewish Spirituality]]
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*[[Laura Berry]], Executive Director, [[Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility]]
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*[[Deepak Bhargava]], Executive Director, [[Center for Community Change]]
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*[[Reverend Jim Wallis]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[Sojourners]]
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*[[Paula Aiello]]
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*[[Louis Albano]]
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*[[Joseph Alclala]]
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*[[Jonathan Alvarez]], [[Good Shepherd Volunteers]]
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*[[Sarah Aroeste Silverman]]
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*[[Caron Atlas]], [[Pratt Center for Community Development]]
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*Rev. [[R. Whitfield Bass]], St. John United Methodist/Presbyterian Church
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*Rev. [[Madeleine Beard]], The Episcopal Archdiocese of Baltimore
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*[[Julia Beatty]], [[The 21st Century Foundation]]
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*Rev., Dr. [[Joan Beilstein]], Episcopal Church of the Ascension
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*[[Sarah Benor]], Hebrew Union College
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*[[Robert Blitzer]]
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*Rev. [[Ellis T. Bowerfind]], Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
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*[[Stephen Boykewich]], [[Transportation Equity Network]]
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*[[Alexa Bradley]], [[On the Commons]]
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*Rev. [[Karen Brau]], [[Luther Place Memorial Church]]
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*[[Tyna Braxton]]
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*Rev. [[Kevin Brooks]], Gethsemane AME Church
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*Rabbi [[Sharon Brous]], IKAR
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*[[Leland Brun]]
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*[[Carrie Brunk]], [[New York]] [[Jobs with Justice]]
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*Rev. [[Terry Burke]], First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
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*Rev. [[Quinn G. Caldwell]], Old South Church in Boston
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*Rev. [[William Calhoun]], Trinity Baptist Church
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*[[Mary Anne Campellone]]
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*[[Ralph Castro]]
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*Bishop [[John Bryson Chane]], Episcopal Diocese of Washington
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*Rev. [[Kathleen Kline Chesson]], First Christian Church
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*[[Steven Chester]]
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*[[George Christie]]
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*[[Marge Clark]]
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*[[Anita Clinton]]
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*[[Amy Cohen]], [[Center for Working Families]]
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*[[Henry Saul Cole]]
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*[[Christine Coleman]]
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*Rabbi [[Neil Comess-Daniels]], Beth Shir Sholom
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*[[Robin Cook]]
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*[[Adrienne Cooper]]
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*Rabbi [[Sigma Faye Coran]], Rockdale Temple
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*Pastor [[Sharon Core]], Arlington Presbyterian Church
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*[[Dave Cornelius]]
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*Rev. [[Ronald Covington]], Hope Community Ministries
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*[[Matthew Crocker]]
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*Father [[Martin Curtin]], Province of St Mary of the Capuchin Order
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*[[Anthony Martin Dambrosi]]
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*Rev. [[Joseph Daniels]], Emory Fellowship United Methodist Church
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*Rev. [[Adrien Dawson]], First English Lutheran Church
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*[[Amy B. Dean]]
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*Rabbi [[Lavey Darby]]
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*Rev. [[Meldon Dickens]], Isaiah Baptist Church
  
 
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Revision as of 00:18, 18 January 2011

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Template:TOCnestleft Jewish Funds for Justice was formed in 2006 when The Shefa Fund and Jewish Fund for Justice merged.[1]

About

History

The original Jewish Fund for Justice was created in 1984. Its first board chair was Si Kahn and its first executive director was Lois Roisman. Frank S. Goldberg then served on the Board of Directors.[2] Jewish Funds for Justice was created in its current form in 2006 when the Jewish Fund for Justice merged with The Shefa Fund (founded in 1990). JFJ then merged with Spark: The Partnership for Jewish Service in February, 2007.[3]

Personnel

Board

As at Jan. 18, 2011, the following worked for the organization:[4]

Staff

As at Jan. 18, 2011, the following worked for the organization:[5]

Speakers Bureau

The following are members of the JFJ speakers bureau:[6]

Community Organizing Residency

The Community Organizing Residency recruits young people from different faiths, including Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities across the United States in leading organizing groups in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. They are given placements at organizations including congregations, community and issue-based groups, and unions. Residents gain on-the-ground experience while organizing full-time and being mentored by seasoned organizers. In September 2010, the following were members of the first cohort of COR residents:[7][8]

Chicago:

Los Angeles:

San Francisco:

New York:

Attacking Glenn Beck

Following Glenn Beck's three-day “Puppet Master” series on George Soros, Jewish Funds for Justice launched a campaign, "fighting back against Beck's outrageous accusations and insinuations with a multifaceted campaign to get Beck's poison off the air."[9]

On Jan. 13, 2011, JFJ president Simon Greer and approximately 5 others stood outside the News Corporation building in New York, where Greer announced their intention to deliver 10,000 signatures calling on Rupert Murdoch to remove Glenn Beck from Fox News Channel’s daily lineup. Greer attempted to deliver a pink slip for Mr. Beck, calling for the termination of his contract. Greer further listed Beck's "Ten Worst Quotes of 2011" - a collection of statements Beck has made - but stripped of their context. Greer was not allowed to enter the News Corporation building, or to leave our 10,000 letters for Mr. Murdoch.[10]

Progressive Leaders Sign Petition

On July 16, 2010, leaders of faith and progressive communities from across the United States put their name to a two-page feature in the Jewish Forward magazine which had been put together by Jewish Funds for Justice. The introduction to the feature reads,

"On May 28, on his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck read an excerpt from a Washington Post column by Jewish Funds for Justice President Simon Greer. In it, Simon argued that we are at our best as a society when we put humankind and the common good first. Beck responded: "This leads to death camps. A Jew, of all people, should know that. This is exactly the kind of talk that led to the death camps in Germany: ‘put humankind and the common good first.’" In the wake of this attack on our shared values, we are grateful to so many leaders for standing with us. Because of your support, Jewish Funds for Justice can continue to speak out against this kind of demagoguery and advocate for real solutions to the pressing challenges facing millions of Americans."

A list of faith leaders who put their names to the feature follows:

External Links

References

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  1. ↑ JFJ website: History (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  2. ↑ Houston Chronicle: Texas native heads one-of-a-kind Jewish fund, August 24, 1985 (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  3. ↑ JFJ website: Jewish Social Change Groups to Merge, Feb. 5, 2007 (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  4. ↑ JFJ website: Board (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  5. ↑ JFJ website: Staff (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  6. ↑ jspot website: Resources: Speakers Bureau (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  7. ↑ JFJ website: Meet the COR Residents (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  8. ↑ JFJ website: Community Organizing Residency (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  9. ↑ JFJ website: Special Fox News campaign (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
  10. ↑ JFJ website: 'Action @ Fox | 10,000 say fire Beck (accessed on Jan. 18, 2011)
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