This month, when a group of New York City police officers showed up for their required counter-terrorism training, they got to watch a movie. … The film is called The Third Jihad. It is 72 minutes of gruesome footage of bombing carnage, frenzied crowds, burning American flags, flaming churches, and seething mullahs. Read More »

For those who missed a fantastic discussion in Los Angeles on January 11, 2012, you can see the video of “What’s so Jewish About the Occupy Movement?” right here. Read More »

It’s December 23, so we know your mailboxes are overflowing with e-mails and letters from great organizations asking for your support. Organizations like PJA & JFSJ.It can be tough to sort through them all. Read More »

http: //www.flickr.com/photos/ari/6545001887/ Hanukkah commemorates one of the many, many times that people resisted oppression by the powerful. Two thousand years ago, in the face of Greek imperial power, a determined group of Jews fought back against the demand that we give up our texts, our holidays, our identity, our culture. Read More »

COR Resident Umar Hakim has been organizing around a proposed responsible banking law in LA.  This is his take on the issue: A Los Angeles Council Member recently asked this question during the public finance committee meeting on December 5th,  ” Read More »

Sister Nora Nash and Tom McCaney from the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia , an Isaiah Fund investor and active participant in the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility , were interviewed on the NPR Program Radio Times yesterday.  You can listen to the 50 minute interview here . Read More »

By Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block There’s something about Thanksgiving that feels Jewish. Like Passover, it’s a holiday focused around a family meal with traditional, symbolic foods and the teaching of values. Read More »

One day after I marched with 30,000 people in Lower Manhattan on the 2 month birthday of Occupy Wall Street, I came to the party without any gifts for the Movement. Instead, I have thanks to offer the Occupy Movement for the gifts it has given to me. Read More »

  $4.5 billion dollars. According to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), that is the amount of new money deposited in credit unions between September 29 and November 2. To quote the late Senator Everett Dirksen, “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Read More »

Yesterday’s New York Times profiled the important work that the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, an Isaiah Fund investor, are doing together with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to positively influence corporate policies and actions. Read More »

In late October, a group of 25 leaders from the faith based disaster response community as well as the community investment, government, and philanthropic communities gathered in Washington, DC to discuss the role of long-term disaster response efforts and how best to serve low-income communities hardest hit. Read More »

On Monday I attended the annual fundraiser for Jewish Family & Children’s Services of the East Bay, where Robert Reich, interviewed by public radio host Michael Krasny, was the featured speaker. Read More »

One young man in Zuccoti Park in New York, part of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, holds up a sign which boldly declares: “We’re here, we’re unclear, get used to it. Read More »

In the United States during the 1930s, revolution was in the air. With the stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression, the broken economy was failing most Americans. Read More »

During PJA & JFSJ’s second annual Bay Area Sukkot Potluck on October 16, Bay Area Regional Director Susan Lubeck spoke about radical hospitality, and how community and tradition together help us be our best selves.  Sukkot’s passed, but Susan’s words will resonate all year long. Read More »

In mid-September, 25 people from different faith backgrounds gathered together in New York to meet each other and embark on their six-month participation in the Community Organizing Residency. Read More »

Yom Kippur offers a point of  teshuva , which means turning, changing course, and beginning anew. The Jewish holidays, along with the upsurge of demonstrations across the country , reminds me of the importance of imagining the world we want to create. Read More »

Reading the obituaries of civil rights icon Fred Shuttlesworth and Apple founder Steve Jobs in the paper yesterday, it struck me that as different as these two men were, both left behind  powerful obituaries they spent their entire lives writing. Read More »

At PJA & JFSJ, we’re thrilled to see the issues we talk about every day – the need for good jobs, affordable housing and fair lending practices – appear on sign after sign calling for an end to the inequality and poverty that prevent millions of Americans from living lives of dignity. Many of us have found this call to action in our Judaism. Read More »

I am thrilled to share the exciting news that Alan van Capelle will take over as President and CEO of PJA & JFSJ in January.Alan currently serves as Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York, where he advises Comptroller John Liu on all matters involving public policy, inter-governmental relations, media and community. Read More »