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Dear Friends,

In moments like these, when so many communities are under attack and the
work ahead feels heavy, Shabbat gives us a chance to come together. To
recommit to who we are and what we owe one another, and to recharge for
the important work ahead.

In the coming months, we’ll be marking two powerful Shabbats that speak to
this moment. J Street is proud to partner with the National Council of
Jewish Women for Repro Shabbat on February 13-14 and with HIAS for Refugee
Shabbat on March 13-14.

Each offers an opportunity to ground our responses to these political and
moral crises in Jewish values – and to show up in solidarity through
learning, prayer and action.

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This year, my congregation will also be marking Sisterhood Shabbat, with
women stepping forward to lead the entire service. That feels especially
meaningful alongside Repro Shabbat, as we lift up women’s leadership and,
as a mother of three daughters, model what it looks like to affirm
reproductive freedom as a Jewish value that honors their bodies, choices
and futures with dignity.

Refugee Shabbat is personal for me as well. Not long ago, my family opened
our home to an Afghan asylum seeker named Mostafa, who lived with us for
six months as he rebuilt his life. That experience deepened my
understanding of what welcoming the stranger really means – and why this
moment for refugees and immigrants demands our urgent attention and care.

At a time when immigrant communities are facing violence and feeling
unimaginable fear, and reproductive freedoms are being rolled back across
the country, these Shabbats invite us to respond not with despair, but
with intention to create a better world.

I hope you’ll join us by bringing one (or both) of these Shabbats into
your community or home. May these moments of rest strengthen us for the
work ahead and remind us that solidarity is a sacred act.

With gratitude,

Emily Kaiman
Director of Jewish Communal Engagement, J Street


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