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Frisbee Golf Fun!
Golf anyone? Frisbee Golf! Bring your frisbee and join TVCJ at beautiful Robertson Park in Livermore on July 16th to play through their Frisbee Golf course. We’ll meet at 10am before it gets too hot, but bring water and sun protection. Please bring a mask for when social distancing is not possible. To RSVP please contact us for an Evite at culturaljews@gmail.com or (925) 399-8029. Free to members, suggested $10 donation per non-member adult if you are able. To find out more about Frisbee Golf visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf.
Jewish Vigil for Abortion Justice
The National Council of Jewish Women invites you to the following:
Today:
- At 1:00pm PST, we will be hosting a Jewish community vigil over zoom. This will be a space to mourn this loss Jewishly, and will provide a few ways people can get involved moving forward.
- At 2:00pm PST we invite people around the country to show up at your local court house or other locations to be in community with each other. Map with locations coming soon. In Washington, DC, it will be at the Supreme Court.
- In the next two to three days, we will host a Jewish Community Briefing with the legal team from Center for Reproductive Rights who argued the SCOTUS case. They will share what the decision says and what it means; we will also offer a high-level look at what this means for accessing abortion care now. We will also offer ways individuals and organizations can get involved, and some key questions that organizations should be considering for their employees and other constituents in this new medical and legal landscape.
Lag B’Omer Picnic
Join us for our Lag B’Omer Picnic at Athan Downs Park in San Ramon on May 15th at 10:30am. We’ll play some field games (so bring your frisbee) and do our traditional watermelon toss. Please bring a dish to share, any games you want to play, and a mask for when social distancing isn’t possible. Free to members, $10.00 suggested donation for non-members. If you have questions, please contact us at culturaljews@gmail.com or call 925-399-8029.
Members and friends of TVCJ rally for reproductive rights
Jewish Culture School Update
Music touches us in ways that words alone cannot. At our latest Jewish Cultural School we explored how the Jewish Labor Movement used music to help workers feel unified and empowered to fight for change, and then wrote our own songs, like the catchy “Wear a Mask You Fools” to the tune of Happy Birthday. We made our own pickles, a popular Jewish street food, and learned the Israeli Labor song Kadima Hapoel, Forward the Worker!
TVCJ Virtual Seder
Your Vote Could Save Lives
Sheriff and District Attorney Elections can quite literally be a life or death matter for people who end up in jail.
Join Bend the Arc: Jewish Action and other organizations across Alameda county for a forum about why these upcoming elections matter.
What’s Up With Our Jail?
A Zoom Town Hall on the Sheriff and DA Races
Wednesday, March 30th, 6:30 PM
Today We Make Herstory
| The Senate Judiciary Committee begins its consideration of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the US Supreme Court. Judge Jackson is highly qualified, having served on the US Sentencing Commission, the US District Court for the District of Columbia, and the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Her record demonstrates that she is fair, independent, and qualified. NCJW believes in a federal judiciary that is of and for the people. We hold a vision of a Supreme Court that dismantles legacies of white supremacy by being composed of justices who represent the diversity of America and are committed to equal justice for all. As people of faith, we have a moral obligation to ensure Justices on our highest court are committed to equality under the law. Judge Jackson is that Justice. Let’s help get her confirmed! Contact your senators today to urge their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. |
| The Issue: The US Supreme Court is the highest court, serving as the last word on our rights. With Justice Breyer’s retirement announcement, President Biden has the opportunity to nominate a justice who is not only fair, independent, and qualified, but who would bring much needed diversity to the Court. The Good News: President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman in history to sit on the Court. Our Task: Urge your senators to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court. TAKE ACTION NOW |
Coming of Age – Detroit Labor Pains
This week marks the 48th anniversary of the founding convention for the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), formed to help women become union leaders and give their issues greater weight during contract talks.
The presiding officer at the event, which attracted more than 3,000 women from 82 unions, was Myra Komoroff Wolfgang (May 1914 – April 1976), one of the nation’s first women union organizers and the subject of this week’s episode of Coming of Age: Detroit, the award winning digital series from Silver Screen Studios and Reboot.
A labor leader and women’s rights activist in Detroit from the 1930s through the 1970s, Wolfgang advocated for the working poor and for women in the workforce.