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  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
September 10, 2020 at 6:03 PM

📈 Our new one-day record: 29,225 voter contacts!

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action “I just phonebanked with Bend the Arc and it was so excellent. Rebecca led an exquisite training and session.” – Victoria “It was the most optimistic 1.5 hours I've had in months! Thanks for organizing me!” …
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
September 3, 2020 at 4:27 PM

There’s only one way to end Trump’s assault on our democracy

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action We have a plan to stop the GOP.   Friend –   Two months out from the election and the GOP is ramping up their playbook of using racism and antisemitism to generate fear and division.   Just this week, Trump d…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
August 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM

Our full-page ad in today's New York Times 📰

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action A letter from 600+ Jewish orgs in support of Black lives. Friend—   If you open The New York Times in Washington, DC today you’ll see something special: a letter from over 600 multiracial Jewish organizations,…
  Derek Pugh, Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC · [email protected]
August 21, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Why this Congressman is attacking Bend the Arc

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Dear Friend,   This week, Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-04) — an aggressively xenophobic right-wing extremist — attacked us on Twitter for calling out Laura Loomer, the self-described “proud Islamophobe” who’s running f…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
August 19, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Help us kick white nationalism out of the halls of power

Bend The Arc Jewish Action We have a plan for how to beat back white nationalism and build a country for all of us — but we need your help to do it. Donate $18 today to help us win in November.   Friend—   Last week marked three years s…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
August 13, 2020 at 8:55 PM

Our strategy to defeat Trump: Vote Out Fear

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend, we’re rolling out another way you can impact this election with Bend the Arc. Read on below. In February, we launched We Rise As One — Bend the Arc’s campaign for Jews and allies to remove Trump and w…
  Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc Jewish Action Washington Director · [email protected]
August 11, 2020 at 7:52 PM

Defeating white nationalism will take all of us ― including Joe Biden

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend — This is a dangerous moment in America for Jewish, Black, Brown, LGBTQ, immigrant, and so many other communities. White supremacists like Donald Trump and his Executive Branch enablers have emboldened …
  Derek Pugh, Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC · [email protected]
August 7, 2020 at 7:30 PM

Why do we have a Jewish PAC? For this:

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action We’re less than 90 days out from Election Day, and we just launched our ✨ new PAC website✨. Read on to learn more about our plan to win in 2020!   Dear Friend,   Shifting the balance of power in the Sena…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 5:53 PM

[Reminder] 📣 National call tomorrow for Tisha B’Av

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend –Since inviting you to our national call Tisha B’Av: Mourning and Reimagining Safety last week, Trump has escalated his attacks on the uprisings for Black lives with terrifying, draconian tactics und…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 4:02 PM

📣 National call on Tisha B'Av next week

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action RSVP for the national call on Facebook Live next week Friend – Tisha B'Av – known as the saddest day of the Jewish year – arrives during a moment of deep collective reckoning for our country.   With the backd…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 7:25 PM

🏈 THURSDAY: Zach Banner of the Steelers Talks Solidarity with Pittsburgh Black & Jewish Activists

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend — EXCITING NEWS: Pittsburgh Steelers player Zach Banner is joining a panel co-hosted by Bend the Arc leaders in Pittsburgh to talk about solidarity, racism, and antisemitism.   Two weeks ago, Banner wen…
  Carrie Sterns, Bend the Arc · [email protected]
July 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM

🏠 A political home for Jews across the country

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action   Friend— When future generations ask what we did in the civil rights fight of our times, we’ll say we showed up as Jews and allies to fight for a world where all of us are safe and free.   Building capable, …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 9:30 PM

NEW VIDEO: About Trump’s Nazi ads

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend,   Two weeks ago, we raised the alarm about the Trump campaign using ads with Nazi imagery — and for the first time ever, Facebook took down ads by Trump for violating their policy on hate.   Now there’…
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 7:09 PM

Our top 3 summer priorities

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action How we’ll win in November We have a plan for how to win in November and build a country for all of us — but we need your help to get there. Donate $18 today, before our end of fiscal year deadline tomorrow.  …
  Bend the Arc · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 5:46 PM

After Nazi ads, tell Facebook to take down Trump's racism too

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Sign the petition to hold Facebook accountable.   SIGN THE PETITION   Friend,   Last Wednesday, the President of the United States ran ads campaigning for re-election using a Nazi concentra…
  Bend the Arc: Jewish Action · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 6:13 PM

📷 Photos: Millions showed up for Black liberation this Juneteenth weekend

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Friend –  At 650 actions across the country — plus online with 185,000 participants on the Movement for Black Lives TV — people gathered to celebrate, mourn, and rally for Black lives. Juneteenth weekend was a…
  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…