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*[[Mary Kay Henry]], President, [[Service Employees International Union]]
 
*[[Mary Kay Henry]], President, [[Service Employees International Union]]
 
*[[Benjamin Todd Jealous]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[NAACP]]
 
*[[Benjamin Todd Jealous]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[NAACP]]
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*Rabbi [[Lavey Darby]]
 
*Rabbi [[Lavey Darby]]
 
*Rev. [[Meldon Dickens]], Isaiah Baptist Church
 
*Rev. [[Meldon Dickens]], Isaiah Baptist Church
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*[[Beth Dillow]] & [[Jim Dillow]]
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*[[Donna Dolan]], [[NYS Paid Leave Coalition]]
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*Rev., Dr. [[Frances Murphy Draper]], Freedom Temple AME
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*Father [[John P. Duffell]], Archdiocese of New York
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*Rev. [[Lionel Edmonds]], Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church
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*[[Joan Eisenstodt]]
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*Rev. [[Monique Ellison]], Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
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*[[Shaurain Farber]]
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*[[Annabel Espinosa]], Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras
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*Rabbi [[Michael Feinberg]], Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
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*[[Steve Fischman]]
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*[[Franklin Fisher]]
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*[[Abby Flam]]
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*[[Eileen Flannery]]
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*Rabbi [[Joel Fleekop]], Congregation Shir Hadash
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*[[Beth Flint]]
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*[[Fran Forman]]
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*Rev. [[Andrew Foster-Connors]], Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
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*[[Merrill Frank]]
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*[[Andrew Friedman]], [[Make the Road New York]]
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*[[Sage Friedman]]
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*Rabbi [[Dara Frimmer]], Temple Isaiah
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*Pastor [[Roger Gench]], New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
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*Rabbi [[Neal Gold]], Temple Shir Tikva
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*[[Ana Goldseker]]
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*[[Sharna Goldseker]]
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*[[John Goldstein]], [[Partnership for Working Families]]
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*Rabbi [[Donald Goor]], Temple Judea
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*[[Arnie Graf]], Industrial Areas Foundation
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*Rev. [[John Graham]], Grace Episcopal Church
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*Rev. [[Louise Green]], All Souls Church
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*[[Michael Green]], Center for Environmental Health
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*[[Colin Greer]], New World Foundation
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*[[Ramona Grimsley]]
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*[[Louis Guida]]
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*Rabbi [[Eric Gurvis]], Temple Shalom of Newton
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*Rev. [[Mark Hallinan]], New York Province Society of Jesus
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*Pastor [[Hurmon Hamilton]], Roxbury Presbyterian Church
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*[[Matt Hammer]], [[People Acting in Community Together]]
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*Rev. [[Tom Harris]], Govans Presbyterian Church
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*Rev. [[Ann Herlin]], Old Presbyterian Meeting House
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*[[Christina Herman]]
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*[[Mary Herman]]
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*[[Claudia Horwitz]], Stone Circle
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*[[Patricia A. Imms]]
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*Rabbi [[Debbie Israel]], Congregation Emeth
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*Rabbi [[Howard Jaffe]], Temple Isaiah
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*[[Valery Jean]], [[Families United for Racial and Economic Equality]]
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*[[Donald Johnson]]
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*Rabbi [[Yoel Kahn]], Congregation Beth El
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*[[Kenneth Kaiserman]]
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*[[Saul Kaiserman]]
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*[[Susan Kaiserman]]
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*[[Bilal Kaleem]], [[Muslim American Society]], Boston Chapter
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*[[Hildy Karp]]
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*Rev. [[Calvin Keene]], Memorial Baptist Church
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*[[John Keevert]], [[Social Justice Council]], Rochester
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*[[Mitchell Kihn]]
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*Rev. [[Keary Kincannon]], Rising Hope United Methodist Church
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*Rev. [[Tom Knoll]], First Trinity Lutheran Church
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*[[Deborah Kolb]]
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*Rabbi [[Stephanie Kolin]], Temple Israel of Boston
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*[[Jean Koprucki]]
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*[[Kate Kornblum]], Tamiment Library
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*Rev. [[Jeffrey Krehbiel]], Church of the Pilgrims
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*Rabbi [[Charles Kroloff]], Temple Emanu-El
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*[[Marc Landis]]
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*[[Shawn Landres]], [[Jumpstart]]
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*[[Ceil Lavan]], Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt
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*[[Celeste Leibowitz]]
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*Rabbi [[David Lerner]], Temple Emunah
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*[[David Levin]]
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*[[Marilynn Levin]]
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*[[Joshua Lichtman]]
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*Dr. [[E. James Lieberman]]
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*Rabbi [[Mordechai Liebling]]
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*[[Donna Lindemann]]
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*Rev. [[Kristofer Lindh-Payne]], Epiphany Episcopal Church
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*Rabbi [[Greg Litcofsky]], Temple Shir Tikva
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*[[Sharon Livesey]]
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*Rev. [[Rosemary Lloyd]], First Church in Boston, Unitarian Universalist
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*[[Leslie Lomas]]
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*[[Linda Lucchetti]]
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*Rev. [[Jeffrey MacKnight]], St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
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*[[Joseph Magid]]
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*[[Ng’ethe Maina]], [[Social Justice Leadership]]
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*Rabbi [[Jeffrey Marker]]
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*[[Jonathan Matz]]
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*[[Aliza Mazor]]
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*[[Katherine McBride]]
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*[[Bernadette McCulloch]]
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*[[Jon McFarlane]]
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*[[Atlee McFellin]]
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*Rev. [[Michael McGee]], Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
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*Father [[Bob Menard]], Archdiocese of Arlington Virginia
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*Sister [[Patricia Mensing]], Our Lady of Mercy Church
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 01:12, 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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