What We Do
Organizing
- Shalom Bayit: Justice for Domestic
Workers Campaign
- Housing Justice Campaign
Education
- Intergenerational Study Group
- Jewish Education
Leadership
- Staff & Board
- Rabbinical Council
Recent
Want to bring social justice home for the holidays? Check out the JFREJ Passover Supplements.
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The 11th Annual Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Awards was a huge success.
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JFREJ takes a stand in solidarity with Debbie Almontaser & the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA).
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More about JFREJ
The JFREJ Broadside & Schmata
Read JFREJ's most recent newsletters--
Winter 2008
Summer 2007
Spring 2007
Winter 2006/2007
Spring 2006
Passover Immigrant Justice Petition
Thank you to the over two thousand of you who signed on to the immigrant justice petition calling for immigrant justice and against repressive policies that will criminalize immigrants. This petition ran as an ad in the Forward [4/14/06], the Jewish Week [4/21/06]. View the ad, click here. You can still sign on for immigrant justice!, click here.
JFREJ in the News
"Home is Where the Work Is, Domestic Workers Unite" Brooklyn Rail, July 2007
"Our domestic workers deserve bill of rights" NY Daily News, May 2007
"Edgy Effort To Redirect Jewish Political Debate" The Jewish Week, May 2007
"Roti and Homentaschn: A Purim Carnival Spectacular" The New York Times, March 2007
"Who Cleans Your House? A Feminist Perspective on Social Justice" Lilith Magazine, Summer 2006
"New York Jews Fight for Domestic Workers' Rights" New Voices, May 2006
"Jews oppose immigration bills" JTA, April 2006
"Passover of the Immigrant" Tikkun Magazine, April 2006
"Union, Jewish Groups Unite To Help Low-wage Workers" Forward, October 2005
Latest Statements & Releases
8/23/07- New York- Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) takes a stand in support of Debbie Almontaser and Khalil Gibran International Academy. more
6/7/07- New York- Today Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) along with a coalition of 55 immigrant groups, labor unions, and domestic worker advocacy organizations led by Domestic Workers United will come together at a town hall meeting. more
2/28/07 -On Saturday, March 3rd, beginning from 8pm until the early morning, a social hall on 33rd Street will be filled with hundreds of Jews and non-Jews, a marching brass band, giant baby puppets, steaming trays of roti, clinking glasses of Manischewitz, and an incredible theatrical spectacle. more
2/9/07—Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), with the Park Slope Jewish Center and Kolot Chayeinu congregations are coming together around their campaign to raise the standard for the treatment of domestic workers in our homes and neighborhoods. more
7/25/06— Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) is bringing together experts on the complex issue of immigrant rights during an educational forum. more
4/7/06 - Numerous prominent Jews sent a clarion call for others to join them in a national effort launched by JFREJ supporting immigrants during the heated controversy raging across the nation. more
Listen to JFREJ's Radio Show
BEYOND THE PALE: the Progressive Jewish Radio Hour
Sundays 12 - 1pm
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