Sarah Blaine

Sarah Blaine, previously a teacher and a lawyer, is now the lead organizer for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's New Jersey state project, RAC-NJ.

Racial Justice

RAC-NJ Victory: The Fair Chance in Housing Act Passed!

Sarah Blaine

June 4, 2021

RAC-NJ’s first issue campaign to “Ban the Box in Housing” by supporting the Fair Chance in Housing Act (A1919/S250) scored a major victory when the bill passed both houses of the New Jersey Legislature on June 3. The bill, which The New York Times called “a

Graphic demonstrating the secrecy sleeve Torah analogy outlined in writing in this piece

Voting Rights

The Sanctity of Voting: A Jewish Analogy for “Secrecy Sleeves”

Sarah Blaine

October 21, 2020

Just as the Torah is at the center of Judaism, the ballot is at the core of our democracy. We would not dream of returning the Torah to the Ark without first dressing it. It helps, then, to think of the outer envelope as the ark and the inner security envelope as our ballot’s Torah cover.