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Thank you for standing with us.

Marc Landis Father Jon Pedigo, St. Julie Billiart Parish Eveline Shen,
Shawn Landres, Jumpstart Rev. Linda Olson Peebles, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice
Ceil Lavan, Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington Rev. Dean Snyder, Foundry United Methodist Church
Celeste Leibowitz Rabbi Barbara Penzner, Temple Hillel B’nai Torah Rabbi Felicia L. Sol, B’nai Jeshurun
On May 28, on his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck read an excerpt from a Washington Post column by
Jewish Funds for Justice President Simon Greer. In it, Simon argued that we are at our best as a society when we put humankind We support and stand with Jewish Funds for Justice. In the face
and the common good first. Beck responded: “This leads to death camps. A Jew, of all people, should know that. This is exactly of Beck’s attack, we are united in the belief that there is no
the kind of talk that led to the death camps in Germany: ‘put humankind and the common good first.’ ”
higher calling than “Justice, Justice Shall thou Pursue” and that
In the wake of this attack on our shared values, we are grateful to so many leaders for standing with us. Because of your support, “injury to one is an injury to all.”
Jewish Funds for Justice can continue to speak out against this kind of demagoguery and advocate for real solutions to the Mary Kay Henry, President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
pressing challenges facing millions of Americans.
Rabbi David Lerner, Temple Emunah Gihan Perera, Miami Workers Center Gerald L. Sorokin
Paula Aiello Rev., Dr. Frances Murphy “Toni” Draper, Sharna Goldseker David Levin Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Union for Reform Judaism Barry Spielvogel
Louis Albano Freedom Temple AME John Goldstein, Partnership for Working Families Marilynn Levin Carol Pittman Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Joseph Alclala Father John P. Duffell, Archdiocese of New York Rabbi Donald Goor, Temple Judea Joshua Lichtman Cate Poe Susan Stabile
Jonathan Alvarez, Good Shepherd Volunteers Rev. Lionel Edmonds, Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Arnie Graf, Industrial Areas Foundation Dr. E. James Lieberman Rich Polt Rev. Burns Stanfield, Fourth Presbyterian Church
Sarah Aroeste Silverman Joan Eisenstodt Rev. John Graham, Grace Episcopal Church Rabbi Mordechai Liebling Ai-jen Poo, Domestic Workers United Pastor John Stendahl,
Caron Atlas, Pratt Center for Community Development Rev. Monique Ellison, Rev. Louise Green, All Souls Church Donna Lindemann Amanda Poppei The Lutheran Church of the Newtons
Rev. R. Whitfield Bass, St. John United Methodist / Episcopal Church of the Resurrection Michael Green, Center for Environmental Health Rev. Kristofer Lindh-Payne, Rev. Marshall Prentice, Zion Baptist Church Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman, Congregation Shaare Emeth
Presbyterian Church Shaurain Farber Colin Greer, New World Foundation Epiphany Episcopal Church Rabbi Mark Raphael, Kehilat Shalom Lee Strieb
Ramona Grimsley Rabbi Greg Litcofsky, Temple Shir Tikva Rev. Jack Rathschmidt, Capuchin Franciscan Friars Rev. Nancy S. Taylor, Old South Church in Boston
Since 1776, Americans have given Louis Guida
Rabbi Eric Gurvis, Temple Shalom of Newton
Sharon Livesey Rev. Glenna Reed, Church of the Holy Nativity Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, Bnai Keshet

their lives for the common good. Rev. Mark Hallinan, New York Province Society of Jesus
I applaud Jewish Funds for Justice for standing up to this
Pastor Hurmon Hamilton, Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Glenn Beck’s attack on Simon Greer Matt Hammer, People Acting in Community Together shockingly misguided attack. I am outraged that Beck could dare
Rev. Tom Harris, Govans Presbyterian Church
is not only anti-Semitic, it is anti- Rev. Ann Herlin, Old Presbyterian Meeting House to abuse the memory of those who died in the Holocaust!
American. Christina Herman
Mary Herman Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Benjamin Todd Jealous Claudia Horwitz, Stone Circle Executive Director, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Patricia A. Imms
President and Chief Executive Officer, NAACP Rabbi Debbie Israel, Congregation Emeth Rev. Rosemary Lloyd, Scott Reed, PICO National Network Rabbi Gordon Tucker
Rabbi Howard Jaffe, Temple Isaiah First Church in Boston, Unitarian Universalist Ellen Reisman Yuko Uchikawa
Rev. Madeleine Beard, Annabel Espinosa, Valery Jean, Leslie Lomas John Reitz Rabbi Michael Ungar, Congregation Tifereth Israel
The Episcopal Archdiocese of Baltimore Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras Families United for Racial and Economic Equality Linda Lucchetti Jacob Remes Yusufi Vali
Julia Beatty, The 21 Century Foundation
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Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Donald Johnson Rev. Jeffrey MacKnight, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church Andy Reynolds, Coalition for Economic Justice Karla Van Praag, Jewish Organizing Initiative
Rev., Dr. Joan Beilstein, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Congregation Beth El Joseph Magid Allison Robbins, CWA Local 1081 Susan Vickers
Episcopal Church of the Ascension Steve Fischman Kenneth Kaiserman Ng’ethe Maina, Social Justice Leadership Rev. Héctor R. Rodríguez, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Stephen Viederman
Sarah Benor, Hebrew Union College Franklin Fisher Saul Kaiserman Rabbi Jeffrey Marker Aidan Rooney Rev. Enid Watson, Church of the Covenant
Robert Blitzer Abby Flam Susan Kaiserman Jonathan Matz
Rev. Ellis T. Bowerfind, Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church Eileen Flannery Bilal Kaleem, Muslim American Society, Boston Chapter Aliza Mazor We agree with Simon that Beck unconscionably
Stephen Boykewich, Transportation Equity Network Katherine McBride
Alexa Bradley, On the Commons
We stand firmly in opposition to Bernadette McCulloch crossed the line by invoking Nazi and Holocaust
Rev. Karen Brau, Luther Place Memorial Church
Tyna Braxton the outrageous public demagoguery
Jon McFarlane
Atlee McFellin
imagery to advance his political agenda.
Rev. Kevin Brooks, Gethsemane AME Church
Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR exhibited by Glenn Beck. As people
Rev. Michael McGee, David A. Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
Leland Brun
Carrie Brunk, New York Jobs with Justice of faith, we must never let go of our Father Bob Menard, Archdiocese of Arlington Virginia
Sister Patricia Mensing, Our Lady of Mercy Church
Rabbi Brant Rosen,
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg
David Weiner
Rev. Terry Burke,
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
shared vision of the common good. Rev. Andrew Merrow, St Mary’s Episcopal Church
Jana Meyer, Foundry United Methodist
Mark Rosenman
Vic Rosenthal, Jewish Community Action
Dr. Dvora Weisberg, Hebrew Union College
Rev. Donald A. Wells, Old South Church in Boston
Rev. Quinn G. Caldwell, Old South Church in Boston Bishop Douglas Miles, Koinonia Baptist Church Joe Sanders Michelle Wenderlich
Rev. William Calhoun, Trinity Baptist Church
Laura Berry
Rev. Anthony Minter, First Rock Baptist Church Rev. Lisa Saunders, St. John’s Episcopal Church Rev. Darrell White, Bethlehem Baptist Church
Mary Anne Campellone Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Vernon Mogensen Rev. Keith Savage, First Baptist Church Rev. Christine Wiley, Covenant Baptist Church
Ralph Castro
Corporate Responsibility Leslie Moody, Partnership for Working Families Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe, Temple Rodef Shalom Ira Wise, Congregation B’nai Israel
Bishop John Bryson Chane,
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Rev. Kathleen Kline Chesson, First Christian Church Rabbi Joel Fleekop, Congregation Shir Hadash Hildy Karp Glenn Beck should join America’s community of faith in a
Steven Chester Beth Flint Rev. Calvin Keene, Memorial Baptist Church
George Christie Fran Forman John Keevert, Social Justice Council, Rochester
conversation about the common good and social justice instead
Marge Clark
Anita Clinton
Rev. Andrew Foster-Connors,
Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mitchell Kihn
Rev. Keary Kincannon,
of his destructive path of unfounded accusations and attacks. I
Amy Cohen, Center for Working Families Merrill Frank Rising Hope United Methodist Church applaud Simon Greer of Jewish Funds for Justice for providing
Henry Saul Cole Andrew Friedman, Make the Road New York Rev. Tom Knoll, First Trinity Lutheran Church
Christine Coleman Sage Friedman Deborah Kolb a strong voice of honesty and reason against such divisiveness.
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels, Beth Shir Sholom Rabbi Dara Frimmer, Temple Isaiah Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, Temple Israel of Boston
Robin Cook
Reverend Jim Wallis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sojourners
Adrienne Cooper
Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran, Rockdale Temple This country would be improved Jameelah Muhammad Rev. Peter Schell, The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour Richard Wood,
Pastor Sharon Core, Arlington Presbyterian Church
Dave Cornelius
greatly if we acted on the values Father Joseph Muth, St. Matthew Catholic Church David Schilling, Southwest Institute on Religion & Civil Society
Rev. Elizabeth Myer Boulton, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, Uri L’tzedek
Rev. Ronald Covington, Hope Community Ministries articulated by Jewish Funds for Old South Church in Boston Rabbi Stacy Schlein, Temple-Tifereth Israel Jonathan Palmer Young
Matthew Crocker Nahma Nadich Rabbi Amy Schwartzman, Temple Rodef Shalom Robert Joseph Young
Father Martin Curtin, Justice, and spent less time battling Jack Needleman Rabbi Ronald Segal, Temple Sinai Rabbi Shawn Zevit,
Province of St Mary of the Capuchin Order
Anthony Martin Dambrosi
the demagoguery of talk show hosts. Carl Offner
Kathy Partridge, Interfaith Funders
Rev. Pearl Selby, Oak Grove AME Zion Church
Naomi Shank
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Rabbi Misha Zinkow, Temple Israel
Rev. Joseph Daniels, Deepak Bhargava
Emory Fellowship United Methodist Church
Rev. Adrien Dawson, First English Lutheran Church Executive Director, Center for Community Change
Amy B. Dean Congregation and organization names are included
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Beth & Jim Dillow Rabbi Neal Gold, Temple Shir Tikva Rev. Jeffrey Krehbiel, Church of the Pilgrims
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