Working out: “Having The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles’ civic partners join the overall JPAC delegation allowed us to strengthen our advocacy muscle and to voice unified support around concerns that not only impact the Jewish community, but that also affect other racial, ethnic and religious communities across the state,” Mary Kohav, JFGLA’s vice president of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and community engagement, said in a statement.’ The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, which sent 50 representatives to the state capital, said those issues were “of significance to not only the Jewish community but our partners as well.” This year, JPAC’s summit was also attended by a number of non-Jewish partner organizations, including the Brotherhood Crusade, Fulfillment Fund, Heart of Los Angeles, Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System, Faith and Community Empowerment and SoLA ICAN Foundation. ‘ Housing, welfare, food: The other pieces of issues JPAC (not to be confused with the national Jewish Council for Public Affairs, JCPA) and the participating organizations lobbied for were: the Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act, which would allow churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship to build affordable housing on their property even if local zoning otherwise prevented it a bill to extend social services to new refugees and a bill to expand California’s food security program, CalFresh.Ĭoalition building: The lobbying push was part of JPAC’s annual Capitol Summit. (Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Ĭalifornia’s Jewish Public Affairs Committee brought some 300 local Jewish leaders to the state Capitol in Sacramento this week to lobby state lawmakers to advance four issues, including nonprofit security grants, which are poised to be cut this year due to state budget cuts, reports eJewishPhilanthropy‘s Judah Ari Gross. Jews for Abortion Access, a project of the National Council of Jewish WomenĪerial view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento.JALSA’s Jews of Color Leadership and Engagement Initiative.A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy.The full “10 to Watch” list this year comprises: Given who the demographics are, it’s also a window into what Jewish philanthropic leadership in their 20s and 30s cares about,” she said. “I expect there’s a correlation between the concerns and opportunities that people have and see and the organizations that we see on the list. Rhodes said the list offers a snapshot of the issues that are currently at the front of Jewish people’s minds, particularly young Jews’ minds. “We are looking to raise visibility with the hopes that it will increase engagement - philanthropic engagement, leadership engagement, communal engagement,“ Stefanie Rhodes, the CEO of the Slingshot Fund, told eJP. Under Slingshot’s criteria, they are all less than five years old, though some are new initiatives by older groups.Īccording to the Slingshot Fund, the goal of the “10 to Watch” is to raise awareness about the organizations on the list with the expectation that this will result in greater engagement from the community, new partnerships with other groups and interest from new donors, particularly those who already work with Slingshot. The rest address a broad array of topics, from abortion access to a new synagogue model to empowering Jews of color. This year’s cohort has a focus on mental health, with three of the groups and initiatives directly dealing with the topic and a fourth doing so more tangentially. The innovation and young philanthropy-focused Slingshot Fund released its 2023 “10 to Watch” list, highlighting relatively new organizations and programs that its selection committee determined to be addressing critical needs in the Jewish community in fresh ways, reports eJewishPhilanthropy’s Judah Ari Gross. We’ll start with the release of the Slingshot Fund’s annual “10 to Watch” list. Also in this newsletter: Hannah Gaventa, Marla Tobe Werner and Becca Hurowitz. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on California’s Jewish Public Affairs Committee’s lobbying efforts in Sacramento and a push by Congress to work with the White House’s antisemitism strategy.
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