Do Not Stand Idly By: A Jewish Community Pledge to Save Lives
CBST joins Jewish organizations around the country and the world in a public pledge against bullying and harrasment in synagogues, schools, organizations, and communities. This comes in response to the recent publicized suicides of five young LGBT individuals in the past three weeks.
Please click here to sign the Keshet Pledge!
To Visit Keshet's website for more info click here.
As members of a tradition that sees each person as created in the divine image, we respond with anguish and outrage at the spate of suicides brought on by homophobic bullying and intolerance.
We hereby commit to ending homophobic bullying or harassment of any kind in our synagogues, schools, organizations, and communities. As a signatory, I pledge to speak out when I witness anyone being demeaned for their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. I commit myself to do whatever I can to ensure that each and every person in my community is treated with dignity and respect.
- Campaign launched by Keshet [www.keshetonline.org] in partnership with (as of 10.5.10):
- The Adventure Rabbi Program
- Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado
- The Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, IL
- Bay Area Masorti
- Beth Chayim Chadashim, Los Angeles, CA
- The Bronfman Youth Fellowships (BYFI)
- California Faith for Equality
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
- Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
- Cleveland Jewish LGBTQ2A Inclusion Project
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
- Congregation Am Tikva, Boston, MA
- Congregation Bet Haverim, Atlanta, GA
- Congregation Beth Ahavah, Philadelphia, PA
- Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY
- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York, NY
- Congregation Beth El, Berkeley, California
- Congregation Beth El Binah, Dallas, TX
- Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York, NY
- Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA
- Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA
- Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco, CA
- The Dobkin Family Foundation
- Gay and Lesbian Yeshiva Day School Alumni Association (GLYDSA)
- Gay and Lesbian Outreach and Engagement Program (GLOE)/Washington DC Jewish Community Center
- Hebrew College
- He'bro
- Hazon
- Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
- Institute for Judaism & Sexual Orientation, Hebrew Union College-JIR
- InterfaithFamily.com
- Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
- JALSA - The Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action
- Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance
- JESNA - The Jewish Education Service of North America
- JewishBoston.com
- Jewish Communal Leadership Program, University of Michigan
- The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
- The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
- The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
- Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group, London, UK
- Jewish Gay Network of Michigan
- Jewish Milestones
- The Jewish Multiracial Network
- Jewish Organizing Initiative
- Jewish Outreach Institute
- Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
- Jewish Transitions
- Jews United for Justice
- Joshua Venture Group
- Judaism Your Way, Denver, CO
- Jumpstart
- Just Congregations of the Union for Reform Judaism
- JQ International
- JQYouth
- Kehilat Hadar, New York, NY
- Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont, CA
- Kehilla School
- Kolenu, Seattle's Young Adult GLBTQ Group
- LGBT Alliance of the Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco, CA
- Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation
- Ma'yan
- Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh
- Mechon Hadar
- Moishe House Boston: Kavod Jewish Social Justice House
- The Morningstar Foundation
- The Natan Fund
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Nehirim: GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality
- New Jersey's Lesbian & Gay Havurah
- North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY)
- Orthodykes NY Progressive Jewish Alliance
- Rabbinical Assembly Rabbinical School of Hebrew College
- The Rainbow Center, Atlanta, GA
- RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Repair the World
- ROI Community
- Romemu
- Ruth Allen
- Ziegler Foundation
- The Samuel Bronfman Foundation
- Shalom Amigos, Mexico
- ShefaNetwork: The Conservative/Masorti Movement Dreaming from Within
- Storahtelling
- SVARA
- TBS Keshet, Temple Beth Shalom, Needham, MA
- Trembling Before G-d Outreach Project
- The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)
- University of Washington Hillel
- UpStart Bay Area
- A Wider Bridge
- Women of Reform Judaism
- Zeek Media, Inc.
- Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
