New York Jewish Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform

06/05/2023

03/14/2023

Join us one week from today for our next JBM, featuring two people from our amazing leadership team!

Central Synagogue
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

02/13/2023

Please join us TOMORROW for our February Justice Beit Midrash!

Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

12/15/2022

12/08/2022

Our December JBM is almost here! This time we are excited to welcome coalition member, Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson from T'ruah as our guest teacher. Join us at 12:30pm on the 20th to discuss a Jewish view on solitary confinement.

Register here: https://bit.ly/DecJBM2022

Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
UJA-Federation of New York

11/21/2022

Please join the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, UJA-Federation of New York, and Central Synagogue for this much needed conversation.

Register now at https://bit.ly/GVPanel2022

10/20/2022

For our next Justice Beit Midrash, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg from National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will be guiding us through a discussion on reproductive justice. We hope you can join us!

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoc-6pqzojG9BMl9FLEMgLYzgK5iCK0Afk

10/03/2022

Dear NYJCCJR Members and Friends,

In this season of teshuvah, of grace and return, we are honored and grateful to be in partnership with you in the struggle for a more just and compassionate New York. Over this last year, we have advocated for the safety and dignity of people inside New York state prisons and city jails. We have pushed for reforms to the parole system, advocated for the Clean Slate Act and raised the alarm about the conditions on Rikers Island. We have prayed with our Jewish brothers and sisters on the inside and walked with New Yorkers of every identity as they come home.

We have also sharpened our thinking and Jewish theologies of punishment and liberation. This year, we launched the Justice Beit Midrash, a space for deep Torah learning and communal reflection. We explored gun violence, restorative justice, stigma, re-entry and complicated questions like if you should put a mezuzah on a jail cell. We were joined with guest teachers and speakers who challenged us to connect Jewish teachings and traditions to contemporary issues of Criminal Justice Reform.

We are grateful to you for working with us to enshrine a spirit of teshuvah into New York's criminal legal system. As we look towards a new year, we hope to grow our membership, continue our advocacy and create opportunities to learn and act together.

Our Coalition and its work of educating and activating the Jewish community to reimagine public safety and advocate for criminal justice reform is especially necessary in this fraught political moment of rollbacks and backlash. Thank you for being part of this work.

May all New York communities thrive and flourish in this New Year,



Rabbi Hilly Haber and Matt Nosanchuk

Co-Chairs, New York Jewish Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform

09/28/2022

Shana Tova! Join us TODAY for this exciting event!

National Council of Jewish Women New York
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Please join us next Wednesday 9/28 at 1pm for a briefing on the aftermath of Roe v. Wade with Sheila Katz from the National Council of Jewish Women New York.

Register here: https://bit.ly/NYJCCJR

Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

09/21/2022

Please join us next Wednesday 9/28 at 1pm for a briefing on the aftermath of Roe v. Wade with Sheila Katz from the National Council of Jewish Women New York.

Register here: https://bit.ly/NYJCCJR

Jewish Community Relations Council of New York