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  Anjuli Kronheim Katz, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Local organizing for the win

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Jews are showing up in this moment BREAKING NEWS: the Supreme Court just sided with immigrant families and rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA — a critical win for undocumented youth!  …
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 5:05 PM

Map is LIVE for this weekend! Juneteenth in the streets & online

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend, The protests are working, and we will not be done until Black lives truly matter in this country. Over the past three weeks, millions of people have risen up — in their homes and in the streets in all …
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
June 12, 2020 at 3:48 PM

Juneteenth: At the White House and across the nation

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Show up for Black lives on June 19-21   Friend –  Next Friday is Juneteenth, a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance and centers Black people’s unique contribution to the struggle for justice in …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 7:57 PM

3 pieces by Black Jews you should read right now

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend,   In this moment, we are being called as a country to dismantle the centuries-old structures of white supremacy that dehumanize and terrorize Black people — and to build a more just America in its plac…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 7:56 PM

4 things you can do right now for Black Lives

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Help end the war on Black lives. “We all have real decisions to be making right now. Which side are you on? It’s very clear right now that there is a demonstrated, sustained commitment for the discomfort so th…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 1:40 AM

Jews for Black Lives: 3 actions you can take

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend —   Bend the Arc rises in solidarity with the movement for Black lives and the powerful uprising all across this country demanding dignity and justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahma…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
May 27, 2020 at 4:58 PM

VIDEO: Antisemitism at Reopen protests (plus petition)

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend — Signs comparing Democratic governors to Hitler. Nazi and Confederate iconography. Posters claiming that Jews are behind the pandemic.   These aren’t isolated incidents. They’re part of a disturbing p…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
May 17, 2020 at 1:02 PM

BREAKING: The new COVID-19 bill includes immigrants and protects workers

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Update on COVID-19 relief in Congress. Friend,   The votes are in: Before Shabbat, the House passed the HEROES Act — a massive $3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that would provide urgent assistance for people a…
  Adina Alpert, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
May 13, 2020 at 5:18 PM

▶️ Recordings from Pursuing Justice 2020 Online ▶️

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action “Deep gratitude to the entire Bend the Arc team for bringing us together to learn, support and challenge one another, and build power. Such an inspiring gathering! May these two days fuel our collective actio…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
May 8, 2020 at 1:04 PM

Make your voice heard before the next relief package is proposed

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend,   The House returns next week and is expected to take the lead in crafting the next COVID relief package. This could be our last chance before then to push again for desperately needed pandemic reli…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Announcing: HowToFightAntisemitism.com

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend,   HowToFightAntisemitism.com is a new resource in our fight to build a country that is truly for all of us.    Coming right on the heels of our second national conference, this resource serves to help…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 1:43 PM

Day 2 from Pursuing Justice: We did it!

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action 📸 and 🎥 inside! Highlights from Day 2 at Pursuing Justice 2020 Online Dear Friend,   After two days of Pursuing Justice 2020 Online, I have to tell you: I am so in love with this community. Alongside 1,300 J…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
May 4, 2020 at 12:05 PM

Day 1 from Pursuing Justice 2020: We’re here, and we’re un-muted

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Highlights from Day 1 at Pursuing Justice 2020 Online Dear Friend,   Nearly 1,300 Jews and allies signed up for Pursuing Justice 2020 Online. Today, we gathered virtually as Jewish movement builders, leaders…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 3:01 PM

🎉 Big news! Naomi Klein at Pursuing Justice 2020 Online

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Registration closes tonight at midnight! All the information you need inside! Register before tonight’s deadline to join us! Friend, Earlier this week we sent you information on the all-star lineup at Pursuin…
  Dove Kent, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 5:47 PM

Together in one place: Rep. Jayapal, Alicia Garza, Greisa Martinez

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Full schedule online now! See who our speakers are.   Friend,  Where can you hear from progressive powerhouse Rep. Pramila Jayapal, co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter Alicia Garza, and Greisa Martinez from Unite…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
April 20, 2020 at 6:47 PM

UPDATE: Register for Pursuing Justice 2020 *Online*

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Registration is now LIVE! Sign up today.   Dear Friend, Within a few short weeks, we’ve turned Pursuing Justice 2020 into an incredible online offering, coming your way May 3-4.   It is a way for us to rememb…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 7:21 PM

How was your seder?

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend,   Even though my seder looked different this year, I found comfort, closeness and meaning in its story and rituals. Did you?   Being a prophetic people requires staying strong, even as we stay close to…
  Pursuing Justice 2020 team · [email protected]
April 7, 2020 at 4:48 PM

Mark your calendar for Pursuing Justice 2020 ONLINE

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   As we're learning in these challenging and unprecedented times, a new America is both necessary and possible.   It's more important than ever for us to come together to learn, connect, and work towards our …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
April 1, 2020 at 7:04 PM

The cost of inaction

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Our DC team is answering your questions on the COVID-19 relief bill Friend, After weeks of denying the existence and severity of COVID-19 in the United States, the United States under Trump’s leadership has th…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 9:08 PM

A Jewish response to Coronavirus (add your name)

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action A vision for solidarity and action from American Jews in this moment. Add your name.   Friend — Before a tsunami hits the coastline, all the water recedes. Where there was, minutes ago, ocean, there is sudden…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 24, 2020 at 3:36 PM

The Senate must pass coronavirus relief. Now.

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Dear Friend, Millions of people all across the country need immediate relief from the impacts of the coronavirus. We have an opportunity to unite and care for everyone during this crisis.   But Republicans …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 18, 2020 at 8:54 PM

UPDATE: Pursuing Justice 2020 moving *online*

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action We are sad to share with you that Pursuing Justice 2020 will no longer take place as an in-person gathering. Instead, we will gather together online. Dear Friend,   Due to the evolving situation with COVID-19 …
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 13, 2020 at 5:26 PM

A Shabbat reflection

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Acts of solidarity and love. Dear Friend, Over the past week, we have seen communities and societies radically transform.   In the cracks between panic-buying and falling into the myth of rugged individualism,…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 11, 2020 at 10:15 PM

UPDATE: Coronavirus & Pursuing Justice 2020

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action As updates about coronavirus continue to develop, we are keeping a close eye on the situation and how it will impact Pursuing Justice 2020, our upcoming national conference. Dear Friend, We are reaching out a…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 7:50 PM

4 stories of Jews fighting for multiracial democracy

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend—   Every day, Bend the Arc members across the country are organizing to protect all communities targeted by bigotry and violence.   As we hope you saw, we just launched our We Rise As One campaign to…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 4:35 PM

Strategic & sacred movement building in 2020

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Read our just-published Community Values & Practices for Pursuing Justice 2020 Friend — The work of building a thriving multiracial democracy begins with us and the way we are in relationship with one anot…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
March 2, 2020 at 8:22 PM

We reached a quarter million people with our launch

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Celebrate our launch! We Rise As One is a Jewish campaign to defeat white nationalism and keep us all safe. Friend,   In 2016, Bend the Arc led the only national Jewish effort to oppose Trump.   Now, in 2020, we’ve launc…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 6:22 PM

5 facts about American Jews in 2020

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Dear Friend, Last week we released data on where American Jews are in 2020 — how our community is thinking about the election, the current administration, antisemitism, and more.   American Jews know that this…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 6:14 PM

WATCH THE VIDEO: American Jews are rising up

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action We're launching our 2020 campaign — We Rise As One.   Friend, On Tuesday we released a batch of never-before-seen voter data that showed American Jews feel less safe now than before Trump’s election and are r…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
February 18, 2020 at 7:43 PM

Jews aren’t falling for right-wing lies. Our data proves it.

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action We did the research. Here's what Jewish voters care about ahead of the 2020 election.  JUST RELEASED  We did the research — here’s what Jewish voters actually care about in 2020. Friend,   For the past four …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
February 5, 2020 at 3:56 PM

Tonight: We #RejectTheCoverup

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend,  After Trump’s State of the Union last night, his supporters will call him presidential — but we know that’s a lie, just like so much of his dangerous speech.   As Jews and allies, we will never normal…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
January 24, 2020 at 2:20 PM

PHOTOS: Jewish activism at scale

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend,   Building a multiracial democracy means transforming ALL our political institutions. This requires activism at scale, urgently.   Since 2016, Jewish leaders in 14 cities — some of them brand new t…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Conference workshops are now LIVE! See the list

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend—   Today, workshops are LIVE for Bend the Arc’s election year national gathering, Pursuing Justice 2020.   For the last three years, Jews and allies across the country have been fighting Trump and wh…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
January 10, 2020 at 3:51 PM

Three ways we showed up as Jews this week

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action 3 stories of bold, loving, moral Jewish action.   Friend —   Right now, during an absolutely heartbreaking time for Jewish people, local leaders from Bend the Arc are organizing to protect all communities tar…
  Ginna Green, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
January 6, 2020 at 11:42 PM

The one message you need to hear from yesterday's solidarity march in NYC

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action What you missed from the big march yesterday. Dear Friend, Yesterday, tens of thousands of Jews from all walks of life — Orthodox, Reform, black, white, gay, straight, rich, poor — marched through the streets …
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 10:16 PM

In 2020, we defeat American fascism

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend—   The threats we face — including of white nationalism, antisemitism, and fascism — aren’t going anywhere in 2020. And neither are we. At Bend the Arc I know we’re all going to show up, more fiercel…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 12:37 PM

One last 📣 before 2020

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend— We. Are. So. Close.  We're only $18,422 away from hitting our fundraising goal for the year — it’s very possible that your gift could be the one that gets us over the hump. Help us be ready for whateve…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 10:24 PM

We will continue to have each other’s backs

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend — Our hearts are heavy as we prepare to close this year with the victims in Monsey on our minds and in our prayers.   It can feel complicated to hold the victories of this past year — and the potenti…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 6:22 PM

Our resilience powers our resistance

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend, there are less than 72 hours left in 2019. Help us continue the fight in 2020. Dear Friend— When I think back on what gave me hope in 2019 — and really, over the last 3 years — I think about our resil…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 27, 2019 at 5:12 PM

2019: Jewish. Resistance. You.

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend—   It’s been a hard year. It’s been a hard three years. But in times like these, we find out what we’re made of.    At the beginning of 2019, we knew that the threat of white nationalism would only grow…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 23, 2019 at 9:18 PM

These photos tell a story — our story

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend — In 2019, Bend the Arc leaders, staff, and supporters like you took on antisemitism, ICE and CBP, Islamophobia, attacks on our democracy, and the growing threat of white nationalism.   We’re so grat…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 22, 2019 at 3:04 PM

🎁 A Hanukkah gift inside! 🎁

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend! Hanukkah starts tonight and we want to celebrate — by giving a gift to you! 🕎 🎁   Register for Pursuing Justice, our national conference taking place May 3-5 in Washington DC, any time during Hanukka…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 18, 2019 at 7:04 PM

*75* Dems rejected Trump’s immigration policies

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Big immigration vote news! Dear Friend, There’s another big vote in Congress you need to pay attention to: Yesterday *75* House Democrats rejected the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security becau…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 4:01 PM

Congress votes TODAY — make one call to hold Trump accountable

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   MAKE ONE CALL TODAY   Dear Friend, TODAY Congress will vote on really important bills to fund the government through October 2020.   The good news: The Defund Hate coalition (which Bend the Arc is a part of)…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 16, 2019 at 10:09 PM

📍✊ TOMORROW near you: mobilize for impeachment

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Congress will be voting on impeachment this week.Join us TOMORROW evening at an event near you 📍✊   Dear Friend, President Trump has continually put his own political interests ahead of the nation’s. At this po…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 9, 2019 at 8:39 PM

Trump endangers Jews

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Video of Trump's antisemitism from Saturday.   Dear Friend, This Saturday, Trump laid his antisemitism out in the open.   “A lot of you are in the real estate business ... You’re brutal killers. You’re not nic…
  Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 2:14 PM

TODAY: 336 days until Election Day 2020

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Help us defeat Trump in 2020 — Giving Tuesday. Help us reach 336 donations for Giving Tuesday — one for every day until Election Day 2020. Dear Friend,   Today is Giving Tuesday. We're also 336 days out from …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
November 22, 2019 at 6:35 PM

27 amazing orgs in one place

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Check out the inspiring organizations that will be at Pursuing Justice 2020!   Friend—  Democracy is about all of us. As Jews working for an inclusive and just future, we organize alongside partners and allies …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
November 20, 2019 at 7:10 PM

Important news on Stephen Miller

Bend The Arc Jewish Action   Friend,   Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center released hundreds of emails from Stephen Miller filled with extremism, racism, and xenophobia.1   We already knew Miller was a white nationalist in the Tr…
  Carrie Sterns, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
November 15, 2019 at 4:15 PM

Here’s what happened this week + what’s coming

Bend The Arc Jewish Action Photos: Young Jews & allies dream of freedom.   Friend— What. A. Week. 💌 First, on Sunday, the 40 young Jews participating in the Jeremiah Fellowship helped drive over 1,000 messages to Congress, demanding…