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JUFJ members raised our voices loudly and repeatedly during the Montgomery County Council's 2020 summer session, and in many cases the Council listened to us and to our partners. In this [...]

In the Talmud Sanhedrin, the rabbis have a discussion about who deserves to be on the Sanhedrin - the high court. Essentially they’re asking, who do we consider to be the greatest of rabbis, of [...]

The Montgomery County Council voted whether or not to reduce the number of police officers in schools. Learn how they voted and read the letters JUFJ leaders wrote in response.

This problem exists in Montgomery County: last year 10,451 tenants faced eviction orders in our county.

Read testimony from JUFJer Sam Blau. 

We do this for other eligible voters, including citizens who live in-group settings.

These citizens of the United States of America and residents of the State of Maryland are being robbed of their voices.

One of the most important guiding principles of my faith is that of pursuing justice.

This year, in commemoration of Tisha B'Av (the 9th of Av), JUFJers across Maryland came together to mourn and organize around contemporary tragedies: racist and inequitable policing, ICE's [...]

Demonstrators highlighted the plight of tens of thousands of Marylanders who are unable to pay their rent and risk eviction and demanded that Governor Hogan extend the moratorium on evictions and [...]