Statements
JFREJ statement on Upper West Side Stabbing Attack
Yesterday’s horrifying stabbing attack demonstrates exactly why we need material investment in non-carceral hate violen…
JFREJ Celebrates $26 Million for Hate Violence Prevention, Flat NYPD Headcount in New York City Budget
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), New York’s largest grassroots Jewish organization, has spent months advocat…
JFREJ Celebrates Sweeping Primary Victories
The Jewish Vote, the electoral arm of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, focused this year’s get-out-the-vote efforts …
JFREJ Condemns NYC Politicians For Marching with War Criminals at Israel Day Parade
The Israel Day Parade — which features some of the Israeli politicians who have not only cheered on the genocide of Pal…
Hochul failed us.
Breaking down the state budget: We organized hard and we had some wins, but Hochul failed us and it’s New Yorkers who w…
JFREJ Celebrates Speaker’s Failure to Override Mayor’s Buffer Zone Veto, Commends City Council for Holding Firm on Protecting Free Speech
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), New York’s largest grassroots Jewish organization, and the Safety Not Censo…
JFREJ Celebrates Unprecedented $26 Million Investment in Hate Violence Prevention Funding in Mayor’s Executive Budget
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), New York’s largest grassroots Jewish organization, responds to Mayor Mamdan…
Progressive Jews Celebrate Mayor Mamdani’s Veto of Controversial Buffer Zone Law, Urge Council to Uphold Veto
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), New York’s largest grassroots Jewish organization, expressed gratitude Frid…
Jewish Organizations Urge State Legislature to Reject Anti-Democratic Buffer Zones Restricting Protest Outside Houses of Worship and Reproductive Health Facilities
Jewish New Yorkers warn that Governor Hochul, Assembly Member Lasher, and State Senator Sutton’s proposed legislation t…
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Responds to City Council Passage of Buffer Zone Bills
"Instead of delivering solutions to the terrible problem of antisemitism and hate violence, the council today delivered…