Our Community In Action - January 28, 2025
Last Sunday, as the snow flew, 115 Jewish community members showed up to our virtual CBI Tikkun Olam Legislative Luncheon. The food we had already prepared for all of our guests was donated to Cathedral in the Night Soup Kitchen to feed our neighbors who were sheltering from the storm. Heartfelt thanks to all who prepared and delivered.
We were joined on the screen by Senator Jo Comerford, Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, Rep. Mindy Domb, Rep. Homar Gómez and Rep. Aaron Saunders...
Please join our Tikkun Olam action alert list so we can all stay connected in the work that lies ahead. Our united voice as a Jewish community, joined with our neighbors near and far, offers us hope, stamina, and sustenance all at once. Please read Rabbi Jacob's message below for even more of it.
- Pamela Schwartz, Board President, with Randi Klein, Jen Wenz, and Sarah Zlotnik, Co-chairs, Tikkun Olam Committee.
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As we continue to watch in horror at the cruel and unjustified violence being perpetrated by the Department of Homeland Security in Minneapolis, and other places, I am heartened by the growing chorus of voices from across our country strongly condemning the actions of ICE. I am very pleased that leaders of the Conservative movement were part of a Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement that was issued last week...
In this moment, silence and looking away is not an option. This coming Shabbat we will read the story of our people finally leaving Egypt, crossing the sea and making it safely to the shore of freedom. How can we possibly read our story — of liberation from oppression — and not stand up for those living in fear and harm’s way right now? I hope that our CBI community will continue to find ways to creatively build alliances with other communities, exercise our collective voice, and demand policies and actions that reflect justice, compassion, and the values we claim as both Jews and Americans.
- In peace, Rabbi Jacob
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