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Over the past year Congregation Rodef Sholom has been taking steps toward becoming an anti-racist synagogue and the journey continues. Hear from three nationally prominent Jewish racial justice advocates in a panel discussion, moderated by Joanne Greene, that will explore what a truly anti-racist community could look like. The panelists will explore critical conversations about race and racism, inequity within the Jewish community, Jewish allyship, points of intersection and divergence between racism and anti-Semitism, and how the Jewish community is uniquely positioned to address the inherent complexities in these issues. Please join us. 

Eric Greene is a Los Angeles-based writer and civil rights activist, currently Associate Director for Diversity and Campus Climate in UCLA's Strategic Communications Department. Eric was previously senior policy advisor at the ACLU of Southern California and Southern California regional director for the Progressive Jewish Alliance/Bend the Arc . 

Ginna Green is a strategist, writer, movement-builder, and consultant, and Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at Uprise. A Schusterman Senior Fellow and a Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Notable Woman, Ginna is also a Fellow at the Kogod Research Center of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and sits on the boards of Bend the Arc, Women’s March, Political Research Associates, the Jews of Color Initiative, Jewish Story Partners and the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable.

Billy Planer has worked in Jewish experiential education for over 35 years. He is the founder/director of Etgar 36, an organization that takes groups, including our Jewish youth, on Civil Rights journeys in the South. 

Wednesday, April 28
5:00 pm RAC-CA Reform Movement Racial Justice Campaign Launch
Click here to register to join the launch of the Reform Movement’s Racial Justice Campaign Join Rabbi Elana Rosen-Brown and the RAC as we work to create a world in which all people experience wholeness, justice and compassion. The Reform Movement’s Racial Justice Campaign seeks to examine and address our own behaviors, practices and policies, as well as pursue targeted, strategic advocacy to create a more just and equitable society for all.

Subscribe to receive updates about the campaign and be the first to know about ways to take action

Wednesday, May 5
7:00pm RAC-CA 2021 Campaign Launch & Jewish Community Forum: In Pursuit of Climate and Racial Justice
Click here to register.
Based on feedback from our campaign selection webinars, our top priority campaign is SB 467, an environmental and health justice campaign that will require buffer zones between oil/gas drilling and neighborhoods where toxins from the drilling have negative health implications that largely impact communities of Color. Our agenda also includes two secondary campaigns, SB 731 (Time Done) and SB 62 (the Garment Worker Protection Act).

From 7-7:30 p.m we will share plans for the RAC-CA campaign, including next steps for legislative meetings and other actions on our full agenda. From 7:30-8:30 p.m. we will co-host “In Pursuit of Climate Justice,” a forum with partners in the Jewish community to grow a more powerful and influential Jewish contingent in the movement for climate justice. To join the campaign team, email Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller .

Friday, May 14

6:15pm Shabbat Special Guest Speaker Marcella White Campbell
Zoom.  To join by phone, dial 1-699-900-6833 and enter Meeting ID: 865 9512 0401 Passcode: 253005

Marcella White Campbell is the Executive Director of Be’chol Lashon. Her writing has been published in numerous outlets, including The Forward, Kveller, Huffington Post, and Jewish&, Be’chol Lashon’s online publication that amplifies the voices of ethnically and racially diverse Jews.

Be’chol Lashon (Hebrew for “in every language”) is an organization that has advocated for the diversity of the Jewish people for more than 20 years. Be’chol Lashon brings the historic Jewish commitment to civil rights and racial justice forward into the 21st century.