JPLA in the News
“Now is the time for our community to affirm: We know the heart of the stranger, and we love and welcome the stranger. And we say with moral clarity: ICE out of LA.”
“UCLA was my launch pad and the school's innovations have improved the lives of countless Angelenos and people around the globe,” said Rachel Sumekh, founding board member, Jewish Partnership for Los Angeles. “Antisemitism on campus is a serious problem, but threatening UCLA’s funding does nothing to solve it. It only hurts students, researchers, and the communities they serve.”
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Sumekh organized a Passover Seder earlier this year that gathered a wide spectrum of people around the idea of personal and collective liberation. “I'm creating traditions and gatherings and community where we're writing our future, as opposed to letting it be dictated by these traumatic moments,” she said.