Author Archives: JOIN for Justice
What Happened When I Went On Sabbatical
After ten years as Executive Director of JOIN for Justice and twenty-five years in the work world without a break, I had the rare opportunity to have a sabbatical last year. When I tell most people about having had a … Read More
Apply to Become a Placement Organization
JOIN is currently seeking dynamic social justice organizations to partner with us by hosting a Jewish Organizing Fellow in the 2019-2020 academic year. Past and current partners include unions, issue-based organizations, Community Development Corporations, neighborhood organizations, and broad-based or interfaith organizations. Deadline to apply to be … Read More
Strong Leadership and Courageous Action
When the phone began to ring off the hook after the November 2016 election with calls from rabbis and cantors, trained by JOIN, looking to strategize, it became evident that our rabbinic and cantorial alumni would need particular and different … Read More
When Two Fellows Come Together, A National Campaign Emerges
JOIN Fellows Bar and Carly share how they collaborated together on a deportation defense that became a national campaign. Bar: I met Carly during match day for JOIN when we sat at the same table waiting anxiously to interview with … Read More
New Jersey Rabbis Demand Gun Action During Hanukkah
This past December, rabbis from the New Jersey cohort of the Clergy Fellowship partnered with Jersey City Together on a major call to action which brought more than 500 people, including Jersey City’s Mayor Steven M. Fulp, to a Baptist … Read More
