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  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
November 13, 2019 at 4:03 PM

☎️ Make a call TODAY to stop Trump’s hate

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Join Jews & allies for immigrant justice — make a call today.   TODAY! NATIONAL DEFUND HATE CALL-IN DAY    Friend,   Movements are rising across the country for a multiracial democracy where all of us are …
  Ryan Brenner via Bend the Arc · [email protected]
November 10, 2019 at 3:33 PM

📷📣 TODAY: These young Jewish activists are asking for your help

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Rise with young Jews today by sending a message to Congress. Our safety only comes when we #DefundHate. Friend— Last week, the FBI arrested a white supremacist for a foiled plot to blow up a synagogue in Color…
  Dove Kent, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 25, 2019 at 6:27 PM

We took on “very powerful people” this week

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend — When a group of us interrupted President Trump’s speech in Pittsburgh chanting “Trump Endangers Jews” on Wednesday, he responded: Don't hurt them... They don't know they're dealing with very tough people in thi…
  Dove Kent, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 24, 2019 at 6:02 PM

✊📷 Photos from Pittsburgh: Disrupting Trump’s visit

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   “Jewish Leaders Arrested For Protesting TrumpOne Year After Mass Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue”— Democracy Now   “Protesters briefly interrupted President Donald Trump's speech and at least one was physic…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 23, 2019 at 1:29 PM

LIVE: Jews in Pittsburgh are shutting it down

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend —    Right now, Bend the Arc leaders in Pittsburgh are shutting down a bridge near the conference center where Trump will be speaking.   Watch and share the Pittsburgh action LIVE NOW.   It’s unacceptab…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 18, 2019 at 7:35 PM

Trump is going to Pittsburgh next week

Bend The Arc Jewish Action News broke this week that Trump is going to Pittsburgh -- but not for the one year anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre. Friend — News broke this week that Trump is going to Pittsburgh — but not f…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 17, 2019 at 3:33 PM

🎤Announcing the first Pursuing Justice 2020 keynotes! 🎤

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend — We have a vision of a truly multi-racial, multi-ethnic democracy where every single person can thrive. Bend the Arc’s national conference, Pursuing Justice 2020, is a shared space where — in a critica…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 10, 2019 at 5:13 PM

📷🍎🍯 PHOTOS: High Holiday actions for immigrant justice

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Powerful images from Jewish actions across the country. Friend,   Yesterday, we emerged from Yom Kippur to learn that a white nationalist gunman in Germany targeted Jews at prayer, spewing antisemitic and anti-…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 7, 2019 at 4:55 PM

LIVE: Jews in Florida say Mourner’s Kaddish for immigrant detention deaths at Rep. Wasserman-Schultz’s office

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend,   Right now, Bend the Arc leaders in South Florida, joined by United We Dream, are at Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s office demanding she hold ICE and CBP accountable.   Every single day between Rosh Hashanah an…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
October 3, 2019 at 3:29 PM

✊❤️ First action of 5780 is with immigrant families

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend—   The Days of Awe are here. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Bend the Arc leaders have events planned across the country to demand their members of Congress stop our government’s cruelty against immigrant fa…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 27, 2019 at 7:49 PM

🍎🍯 We remember

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend —   We start this new Jewish year on Sunday in unprecedented times, but we start it together, with resolve and power to enter 5780 with all the love and holy resistance this moment demands.   From all of us at Ben…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 24, 2019 at 3:24 PM

TODAY: Jeremiah Fellowship applications open

Bend The Arc Jewish Action We’re recruiting young Jewish activists from all across the country to join the 2020 Jeremiah Fellowship. Apply now.   Friend— Starting today, applications are open for the 2020 cohort of the Jeremiah Fellowship, Bend t…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 23, 2019 at 2:56 PM

Pursuing Justice in 5780 🍎🍯

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend – The high holidays next week are a time to reflect on both the year behind us and doing better in the year ahead.   Our justice work can and should be part of our reflection. What partnerships have we b…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 19, 2019 at 7:06 PM

⏰ Time is running out to apply for the upcoming Selah cohort! ⏰

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   THERE ARE JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT TO APPLY FOR THE SELAH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR JEWS OF COLOR.   Friend— Last week at the Democratic Presidential Debate, we saw a stage full of women, children of immigrants, an…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 18, 2019 at 2:41 PM

Save the date: High Holiday action for immigrant justice October 3-8

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Days of Awe & Actionfor Immigrant FamiliesOct 3 - 8 Friend —   The Days of Awe are some of the holiest days of the year.   So why are hundreds of Jews planning to visit their Members of Congress on these d…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 13, 2019 at 7:11 PM

Here’s what candidates said about white nationalism last night

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend,   Tens of thousands of Americans asked the moderators of last night’s debate to address white supremacy, white nationalism, and the threats to our communities — and they sparked the beginning of a conve…
  Ginna Green, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 12, 2019 at 8:31 PM

We just delivered 32,000 signatures before tonight's debate

Bend The Arc Jewish Action IMPORTANT PETITION UPDATE: DELIVERY + NEWSWEEK COVERAGE Friend— We’re just hours away from the next Democratic presidential debate — and we’ve been working to pressure the moderators and candidates to address …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 8, 2019 at 12:39 PM

It’s not a real debate without confronting white nationalism

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend,   The next Democratic debate is just five days away — and what gets discussed there could influence the rest of the 2020 election.   It's time for the candidates to confront one of the greatest threats …
  Ginna Green, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
September 4, 2019 at 7:32 PM

Take Action: The next Democratic debate MUST confront white nationalism

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Friend—   At next week’s Democratic debate, all of the major candidates will be on the same stage for the first time. Now we need to get them all on the same page about confronting white nationalism.     That’s…
  Leili Davari, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 7:10 PM

1 month left to apply: Selah’s next cohort for Jews of Color

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend— Our society is in need of profound transformation. We get there by supporting the leaders our communities need on the frontlines. There’s just one month left to apply for the Selah Leadership Program…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
August 27, 2019 at 7:08 PM

This is how we fight antisemitism

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Our #DisloyalToTrump pledge was in Newsweek! Friend— One week ago, President Trump called American Jews disloyal.   At Bend the Arc, we were horrified by this disgusting attack on our community — but we also k…
  Bend the Arc Conference Team · [email protected]
August 26, 2019 at 9:02 PM

Last call for Pursuing Justice 2020 session proposals!

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend, More than 50 people have proposed sessions for Pursuing Justice 2020 — Bend the Arc’s upcoming national conference — since our call went out in July.   We are amazed and inspired by the session propo…
  Ginna Green, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
August 21, 2019 at 4:39 PM

Trump just called American Jews disloyal

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend —   Yesterday Trump said "I think Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."1   We’ve been getting messages from Jewish people acr…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
August 12, 2019 at 11:22 PM

Thousands of Jews. 50+ actions. 1 message.

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend– The Washington Post headline this morning: “In D.C., New York and beyond, Jews mark annual day of mourning by protesting Trump immigration policies.”1   In over 50 cities around the country this week…
  Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh · [email protected]
August 8, 2019 at 6:49 PM

Add your name: Solidarity with El Paso

Bend The Arc Jewish Action We in Pittsburgh are here to tell the people of El Paso, Dayton, Christchurch, Poway, Charleston and every place where the politics of hatred turns to bloodshed that we will not allow this division to happen. W…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
August 7, 2019 at 2:21 PM

This weekend we mourn in the streets

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend –   The white nationalist violence this weekend that targeted immigrants and terrorized communities is a nightmare. It’s exactly what we feared when Trump began his campaign, and when he won office. …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
August 2, 2019 at 1:45 PM

✊ 36 Tisha B’Av actions in August

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend — The Jewish movement to #CloseTheCamps is growing.   This Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning, we will gather to collectively mourn the tragedies happening today to immigrants in our country.   Ther…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
July 30, 2019 at 8:23 PM

“Infest.” “Invade.” “Animals.”

Bend The Arc Jewish Action This is the language Trump uses to describe people of color and immigrants Friend — “Infest.” “Invade.” “Animals.”   This is the language Trump uses to describe people of color and immigrants — from his campai…
  Leili Davari, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
July 24, 2019 at 8:01 PM

🎉Selah’s Cohort 16 for Jews of Color is now open

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice’s Selah Leadership Program, in partnership with the Rockwood Leadership Institute, is now accepting applications for Cohort 16.     Friend—   Two years ago, I …
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
July 23, 2019 at 6:35 PM

Together: Jewish, Immigrant, Japanese American, Indigenous

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend —   This weekend, I joined thousands of allies in Oklahoma at Ft. Sill on soil saturated with generations of pain: a former internment site of indigenous peoples and Japanese Americans, and the planne…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
July 22, 2019 at 5:54 PM

Thank you for joining

Bend the Arc Jewish Action Welcome to Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Friend. We’re so glad to have you with us. You’ve joined a movement of progressive Jews all across America who are building a country that lives up to…