JFREJ RISK TAKER AWARDS in NYC! FUN! You should come!

Please join Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) for the 12th Annual Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Awards

Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! will MC the event and together we will celebrate the recent election victories and risk-takers who have been doing this work for the long haul and chart the course ahead.

This year JFREJ will be honoring:

Ann Cook: Long-time political activist & Co-Director of the Urban Academy in the Julia Richman Educational Complex.

Deborah Meier: Acclaimed educational reformer, writer, and one of the founders of the modern small schools movement.

Mikey Weinstein: a leader in the fight against the growth and spread of Christian evangelicalism in the military, Founder and President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

Families for Freedom: A multi-ethnic grassroots organization run by and for immigrants facing and fighting deportation in the greater New York Area. They are also a leader in the New Sanctuary Movement.

When: Thursday, November 20th, 6-9pm | Reception 6pm| Program 7pm

Where: Congregation B'nai Jeshurun|257 West 88th Street (between Broadway and West End Avenue)

For additional information or to purchase tickets please contact Helena Tubis at helena@jfrej.org or 212.647.8966 x14

Noisemaker Purim Party

!!CALL TO ARTISTS!! !!SAVE THE DATE!!

GRAGGER/NOISEMAKER
The Workmen's Circle First Annual Radical Purim Party

The Workmen's Circle (a secular, progressive Jewish community) is planning GRAGGER/NOISEMAKER, a Purim Party on Saturday, March 22, 2008. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates liberation and invites us to dress up, come out, and spin the world on its head.

Taking the theme of Gender Justice, this event will be a celebration of radical community and culture, centered on a Jewish holiday and open to folks of all backgrounds. We'll be celebrating the work of Keshet and Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. The gragger, the Jewish noisemaker, is traditionally used to drown out the name of our foes - on March 22, we'll make some serious noise in a rowdy call for justice and joy.

We want this night to be fun, liberatory, subversive, joyous, and raucous as all heck - and we need your help! We're looking for artists of all genres, backgrounds, and expressions who want to contribute their vision to this event. We are seeking visual and interactive art around the themes of Gender Justice and/or Purim. For more information, contact Marjorie at marjorie@workmenscircleboston.org.

!!!COME BE A NOISEMAKER!!!

Jewish Organzing Initiative Fellowship

The Jewish Organzing Initiative (JOI) builds a vibrant, pluralistic community of Jewish young adults who learn grassroots community organizing, explore their Jewish identity together, and become leaders in the pursuit of social justice.
In addition to providing cutting-edge training in community organizing , the JOI year-long fellowship program is a source of Jewish community, intellectual stimulation, mentorship, and professional networking.

Over the last decade, we have built a network of over 100 alum and countless mentors and trainers from the Jewish community and beyond. Now JOI is looking for fellows who have the aptitude and the appetite to become excellent organizers, who are committed to pursuing social justice professionally, and who are looking to build progressive community in a Jewish context.

Are you up for the challenge? JOIN us.

www.jewishorganizing.org

Catherine Bell
JOI Program Director
617-350-9994
cbell@jewishorganizing.org