JUFJ Baltimore is working on campaigns to reform our city’s rent court, to fight mass incarceration and racist policing, and to make water affordable for all Baltimoreans. We collaborate with JUFJniks in Montgomery County during the Maryland General Assembly session to win things like paid sick leave, and to block dangerous legislation that targets poor Black and brown Marylanders.
Our ongoing community education work includes Jewish learning programs with local synagogues and havurot, where we explore how our traditions call us to work for social justice.
We are excited to offer a 32-hour course, Building Racial Justice as Jews, based on Baltimore Racial Justice Action’s anti-racism curriculum, designed for Jews who want to be effective working for racial justice. This course begins on September 22, and applications are due by Wednesday, September 18th.
Related Events
“Destroying the Soul” The Case Against Solitary Confinement in Prison
December 19 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Please join Beth Am’s Social Action Committee’s panel discussion, “Destroying the Soul,” The case against solitary confinement in prison.
Kirwan Commission Community Forum
January 5, 2020 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join us for a presentation by University System of Maryland Chancellor Emeritus William “Brit” Kirwan, chair of the Maryland Commission on Innovation & Excellence in Education, with additional remarks by David Hornbeck, former Maryland State Superintendent of Schools and advocate on behalf of al…
Testimony 101 (Video Training)
January 5, 2020 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join JUFJ and learn how to give testimony during the 2020 Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis.
Annapolis 101 (Video Training)
January 6, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Join JUFJ and learn the basics of how the Maryland General Assembly functions in Annapolis, and the work JUFJ will be doing during the 2020 state session.
