Education

This past Friday, March 26, 2021, the Montgomery County Police Department released body camera footage from a horrific incident in January 2020. The footage, which was nearly an hour long, [...]

Our partners at Bonimot Tzedek are asking for social workers to replace police in Montgomery County Public Schools

Join JUFJ's 2021 "Don't Kvetch, Organize!" cohort and learn all about community organizing with JOIN for Justice and JUFJ!

We need to move away from punitive hierarchies—systems which reflect racial inequities, as has been the case in Montgomery County. We must implement effective models of Restorative Justice.

Jewish tradition teaches us that destroying one life is akin to destroying the entire world. Police violence and systemic racism against Black and brown people have already destroyed too many [...]

Police in schools have led to the criminalization of ordinary student behavior, disproportionately targeting Black boys and students with disabilities. This systemic injustice is already a danger [...]

All people have a right to be safe and to thrive in Maryland, regardless of immigration status or documentation. That includes access to quality public education.

Hello! I’m Ariana, I’m 17, I’m an intern at Jews United For Justice and I’ve been working here since September. Before I started working at JUFJ I had school, a job, and various things going on [...]

Tell our new County Executive about our priorities for Montgomery County: racial equity policies, safety for immigrant residents, funding for early-childhood education.

Real policy change involves elected officials at all levels of local government. Here are the basics about how we vote in Washington, DC.