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Resources for the RAC-CA Gun Violence Prevention Call-In Day
Resources for the RAC-CA Gun Violence Pr evention Call-In Day April 29 – May 3 Join Reform Jews from around the state on April 29-May 3 as we call Governor Newsom to ask him to include $39 million for CalVIP local gun violence prevention programs in his May revised budget.
Enough is enough: What you can do to help stop American gun violence
Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and other recent incidents of gun violence highlight the fact that the U.S. has been locked in a cycle of apathetic “thoughts and prayers,” while little federal action has been taken on this public safety and public health issue. We must end the helpless, apathetic cycle of “thoughts and prayers.” Enough is enough. To stand idly by and do nothing in the face of such senseless slaughter is unconscionable and antithetical to our Jewish values and beliefs. To paraphrase Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, we will pray with our marching feet and voices.
RAC-CA GVP Call In Week
You have reached the link for the RAC-CA gun violence prevention call-in week, scheduled for April 29 – May 3. This link will become active on April 29, when it will have talking points, the Governor’s phone number, and a place to report the results of your call.
Top 8 Highlights from the 2019 L'Taken Season
Check out the top 8 moments from the 2019 L’Taken Social Justice Seminar from two participants.
Our Enemies Will Not Defeat or Define Us
The Passover story reminds us that in every generation an enemy rises up to destroy us. These enemies do not define us nor will they defeat us. Am Yisrael Chai.
Our enemies will not defeat or define us.
Once again, we mourn - in sadness, in anger, but not with surprise.
Shayna Han
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
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Shayna’s portfolio includes gun violence prevention, environment and climate change, Israel, foreign policy, antisemitism, the Holocaust, international religious freedom, and Native American rights. She is proud to be in the first cohort of the Jews of Color Initiative partnership with the RAC LA program.
Reform Movement Responds to Supreme Court’s Decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen
“In the aftermath of the unceasing spate of recent mass shootings – including the horrific mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde and recent gun violence at a church in Alabama, a Juneteenth concert in Washington, D.C., and in a neighborhood in New York City – it is incomprehensible that the Supreme Court has once again decided to value guns over the safety of our communities, children, and houses of worship."
Empty Chairs and Stained Napkins: A Passover Prayer for Peace
When we gather on April 19 and 20 to mark the first two nights of Passover, we will pray. And we will ask aloud: What makes this year’s seders different from all others