Statements Posts

September 19, 2023

Shana Tova from JCUA!

On behalf of the whole JCUA staff, I am sending our blessings for a sweet and meaningful Rosh Hashanah — a...

March 31, 2023

Response to JTA article on Hebrew Israelite community

We are writing in response to an article published in JTA News entitled “Hebrew Israelites and Jews of Color...

January 17, 2022

An MLK Day message from JCUA and IMAN

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we are relieved that the people inside Congregation Beth Israel emerged unharmed,...

March 29, 2021

Rabbi Robert J. Marx, visionary Jewish leader who spoke up for justice, dies at 93

CHICAGO — It is with tremendous sadness and heavy hearts that we share news of the passing of our extraordinary...

February 09, 2021

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs opposes government use of IHRA definition of antisemitism

February 2021 — For 57 years, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) has worked to advance racial and economic...

January 08, 2021

JCUA statement on attempted coup in Washington

The coup attempt unfolding in Washington D.C. and state capitals across the country should shock but not surprise us....

June 02, 2020

JCUA Demands Action for Black Lives

We are committed to transforming our society. It is the work we are called to do, as individuals, as...

June 01, 2020

Joint Statement from JCUA’s White Racial Justice Working Group and Kol Or Caucus for Jews of Color

The consequences of white supremacy are omnipresent. Some moments make these consequences abundantly and violently clear. We are in...

June 01, 2020

Kol Or Statement on Racism and White Supremacy

“This conversation is designed to be uncomfortable to discourage people from talking about racism in a meaningful way and...

May 08, 2020

JCUA statement on rising antisemitism during coronavirus pandemic

We were deeply disturbed to see a swastika sign and other Nazi imagery appear at protests outside the Illinois statehouse last...