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On Tuesday in South Carolina the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church burned to the ground. It was the eighth southern Black church to burn in ten days.
Coming in the wake of the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church two weeks ago, our hearts are raw and heavy. But our responsibility could not be more clear. As Jews we must push back against this retrograde racism and violence with all of our might.
As author and activist Adrienne Maree Brown said in response to the violence, when flames of violent white supremacy spread, "we have to be an ocean." We can leave no doubt that Black Lives Matter and that this racist terrorism must end.
That's why we're asking you to donate to an interfaith effort to rebuild the churches destroyed in the past weeks. As Rabbi Susan Talve explains, "Our young activists remind us to 'love and support each other!' We will continue to rebuild every church with our love and support and the good in us, in all of us, will win." Please donate to this important project now.
With grief and rage over the Emanuel AME murders and the burning churches - and the ongoing racial violence at the hands of police and vigilantes nationwide - we will continue to organize against racism as a diverse and powerful Jewish community. We are inspired by the strengths of all of our ancestors and we're committed to staying in the fight, with you, for the long haul. We know that oppression takes many forms, from police violence to economic injustice. Today, the action that we can take is rebuilding what we've lost. But tomorrow we get to build something new - a more just future for all of us. Please Donate to the Interfaith Rebuild The Churches Fund Today. Thank you for being with us in this moment of tragedy, and for the struggles ahead. Onward, Marjorie
Executive Director
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice P.S. For more about how JFREJ organizes against racial injustice, read my recent in-depth interview with Truthout.org | 
