JUFJ's "Thinking Jewishly": 2010 Labor On The Bimah
Wednesday, June 23, 2010(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Jews United For Justice's annual Labor on the
Bimah program is back, focusing this year on restaurant worker justice.
Part of the Interfaith Worker Justice's Labor in the Pulpit/Bimah/Minbar, the
program weaves together labor issues, social justice, and Judaism in an effort
to bring meaning and reflection back into Labor Day. "We will be working closely
with the Restaurant
Opportunities Center-DC and Interfaith
Worker Justice to address problems such as low wages, wage theft,
racial and gender discrimination, and a lack of health insurance and paid sick
leave that occur in the restaurant industry," say event organizers. "As always, volunteers are critical
to the growing success of Labor on the Bimah, especially as we work to break
last year's record participation of 45 congregations!" People interested in
volunteering or connecting your religious community with Labor on the
Bimah/Pulpit/Minbar should email Jessie Posilkin, Labor on the Bimah
coordinator, at jessie@jufj.org. - Robin Metalitz, Jews United for Justice