MCJC joined 100s of Jews at ICE headquarters to protest its inhumane practices. We weren't quiet about the connections between repression and occupation in the US and Palestine; a message (almost uniformly) warmly received by other attendees. Credit to @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social for the sign.

Today is Maryland Jewish advocacy day, the day that Jewish-federation affiliated groups lobby the Maryland General Assembly. MCJC and our Jewish partners sent a letter sharing our priorities for the 2026 session. Read our letter: drive.google.com/file/d/11de9...

Judaism requires that we resist injustice and ICE is terrorizing communities and separating families. Join us for a Jews against ICE action with @truahrabbis.bsky.social, @bendthearc.bsky.social and over two dozen Jewish partners on February 11. truah.org/events/jews-...

We’re co-sponsoring this action, join us!

ICE is terrorizing our families, friends, and neighbors — and we won’t be silent. On 2/11 at 1:30 PM, Jewish clergy and community members will gather near ICE HQ in D.C. to show the world that we oppose their cruelty and violence. truah.org/jewsagainstice

Want to support our work and show that you’re a part of a Jewish community that believes that collective liberation is a Jewish value? Order your MCJC tshirt or hoodie today! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy New Year! We’ve had a busy end of the year and want to share all of our recent work. 1. Our letter of support for @vanhollen.senate.gov has reached over 600 signatures including former MD Attorney General Brian Frosh.

@thehill.com recently covered our Jewish community letter of support for Senator Van Hollen amid attacks from the JCRC for Sen. Van Hollen’s record of supporting Palestinian human rights. Our letter now has over 600 signatures from Jewish Marylanders. Read the article: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

This was such a meaningful celebration at the end of our first year as an organization. If you live in MoCo and are looking for a Jewish communal and/or activist space that centers collective liberation without Zionism, please check us out!

Yesterday, we held our first Hanukkah celebration, complete with a latke competition, Yiddish songs, learning about the history of Hanukkah with Rabbi Ariel Tovlev, menorah crafts and more! Happy Hanukkah and happy holidays to all! 🕎

We know from the horrific attacks in Australia that antisemitism threatens Jews around the world and the only way to end it is to working for collective liberation of all people.

Thanks to everyone who has signed so far. Please keep signing, it's not too late!

Did you perhaps want to sign but didn't get around to it! You still can! Bit.ly/mcjc-cvh

Over‼️500‼️Jewish Marylanders have signed our letter of support for @vanhollen.senate.gov in just a few days. Join the letter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Read the letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1TRuG...

@vanhollen.senate.gov has a long record of defending human rights and has been outspoken about the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. For this, the JCRC CEO denounced Van Hollen to reporters at a recent event. Sign our letter & show that Jewish Marylanders support Sen. Van Hollen: bit.ly/mcjc-cvh

Join us on Sunday, December 21 for a joyful, family-friendly Chanukah celebration! We’ll have community, games and crafts and a latke cook off! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today, we hosted a cider stroll to spend time with eachother and build community among like-minded Jews. DM us to be added to our list and join our next community event!

A MCJC member was recently prosecuted for spraying anti-Israel and anti-Zionism messages along Sligo Creek trail and ordered to pay $$$ in restitution. Cases like these are not typically investigated or prosecuted. We’re fundraising to help cover this expense. www.gofundme.com/f/restitutio...

MCJC Member Adina Cohen has filed a civil rights complaint after Club Pilates North Bethesda banned her for wearing shirts with messages like “Jews Say Ceasefire Now.” Read the press release from CAIR ⬇️ www.cair.com/press_releas...

We are proud to join CASA and 100+ other Maryland organizations in calling on @govwesmoore.bsky.social and other Maryland officials to not delay implementation of the Access to Care Act, allowing immigrants to access healthcare. Read the letter ⬇️ wearecasa.org/organization...

This is the group that I helped to found and currently chair. Feel free to share far and wide; this is frankly unacceptable behavior from an elected official.

Please take a minute to check out what one of our state legislators is up to.....

Last week, hours before the start of Yom Kippur, Montgomery County State Senator Ben Kramer sent us a belittling diatribe, insulting his Jewish constituents and repeating debunked talking points from the Israeli government. Read the letter and our response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

L’shanah tovah from MCJC, we’re grateful to be in community with you! 🍎🍯

An update on this: the Maryland State Department of Education has reversed course and will not implement changes to remove mentions of Palestine in the state curriculum. Read more in CAIR’s press release: www.cair.com/press_releas...

From PeaceActionMontgomery: Join us if you can. Here is a 90-second video explaining who AIRIS labs is youtu.be/szZqFS9jcWo

We’ve been working with our partners in the Montgomery County Palestine Solidarity Network pushback against new statewide social studies curriculum changes that remove references to Palestine and omit education about events in Israel and Palestine after 1994.

Breaking now: Live in D.C. Rabbis and Jewish leaders are taking bold public action to demand food aid for Gaza. Watch the livestream: www.instagram.com/jews_for_foo... Over 750 rabbis and 23,000 Jews affirmed Jews' support for an end to the Israeli government's food aid blockade.

The @neatoday.bsky.social council could vote tonight reverse the unions decision to cut ties with the ADL ‼️ Use @jvp.bsky.social’s action alert to show your support for the NEA dropping the ADL & specify that you’re Jewish: www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/sup...

MCJC members joined the powerful Jewish Voice for Peace Stop Starving Gaza action in Washington, DC, last night. Jews say: Stop starving Gaza Never again is NOW!

🚨 ACTION FOR GAZA: FRIDAY JUNE 27! 🚨 On Friday June 27th at 6 pm, join Jews, Palestinians, and others committed to Palestinian solidarity in Columbus Circle in downtown DC as we observe Shabbat and call on Congress to STOP STARVING GAZA. Please RSVP at bit.ly/shabbatforgaza

Please write to Raskin now and if you’re Jewish you can modify the letter to let him know.

On June 5, Members of Congress introduced the first bill proactively seeking to prevent the U.S. from sending certain weapons to the Israeli military. Tell your representative to sign on! Special note to D8: Jamie Raskin has *not* signed on yet, so he needs to hear from as many of us as possible.

This Thursday, join our partners at the DMV chapter of the Jewish Labor Bund to discuss how LGBTQ identity is being coopted to legitimize and distract from injustices in Israel/Palestine. www.eventbrite.com/e/pride-and-...

What a beautiful morning! Thanks to everyone who donated!

Thank you to everyone who joined the DMV Jews for Gaza team at the @unrwausa.bsky.social #gaza5k. We raised over $28,000 for mental health care for children in Gaza!! Can you donate? getinvolved.unrwausa.org/team/656094?...

Help this campaign reach the goal of 18,000 signatures by adding your name to FoodAidForGaza.org. It’s an open call from the Jewish community that says Jewish people support food aid for people in Gaza and an immediate end to the Israeli government’s food aid blockade. www.foodaidforgaza.org

For over 2 months, the Israeli government has been forcibly starving Gaza. In response, a number of progressive Jews & Jewish organizations have come together w/ a simple statement: Jewish people support food aid for people in Gaza and an immediate end to the Israeli government's food aid blockade.

We’ve endorsed Food Aid for Gaza, an open call from the Jewish Community to support food aid for People in Gaza and an end to the Israeli Government's food aid blockade. Will you take a minute to sign on & share? www.foodaidforgaza.org

As promised yesterday, here is an action alert to send emails to the county council, urging them to vote no on funding for the Maryland/Israel Development Center. If you like to make phone calls, we'll drop a link to the contact information and a sample script as a reply.

📢 Alert! 🚨Join MCJC and others tomorrow (May 9) to oppose funding for the Maryland/Israel Development Center (MIDC). We'll gather at the Montgomery County Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave at 1:30 P.M. to fill the audience at the hearing. Bring signs and take up seats!

🏃🏻🚶🏻🍉 *Join the DMV Jews for Gaza 5K team on May 31!!* 🏃🏻🚶🏻🍉 We’re joining JVP, INN DC, and the DMV Bund in launching a DMV Jews for Gaza 5K team at the UNWRA 5K for Gaza on Saturday May 31. The 5k will take place in Rock Creek Park. Register here: getinvolved.unrwausa.org/team/656094

Chris Van Hollen was 1 of 15 Senators who voted for a Sen. Bernie Sanders-introduced resolution to block an illegal Trump $8.8 billion weapons sale to Israel. We need to show Sen. Van Hollen that he has the support of some Jewish constituents in this principled and politically courageous stand.

Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for representing Marylanders who oppose the genocide in Gaza and support an arms embargo.

This weekend, we joined the March on Washington for Palestine, demanding an end to the repression of pro-Palestine and anti-genocide voice, a permanent ceasefire and an arms embargo.

A movie screening relevant to our interests... Go see "The Encampments" at the AFI Silver in Silver Spring from 4/4 to 4/10.

From the article: “When we criticize something important to someone’s identity, it doesn’t automatically mean we’re attacking their identity itself. When political positions become enshrined as essential components of personhood, substantive disagreements risk being recast as attacks on identity.“

MCJC sent a letter of introduction to the Montgomery County Council and County Executive. You can read it here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We're relieved to hear he's been released but outraged to hear of the attack on Hamdan Ballal by Israeli settlers and military. This aggression against a filmmaker who dared to reveal Israel's destruction of his community is a symbol of and a warning about the costs of demonizing Palestinians.