Executive Director, Abby Lublin, and Communications Director, Mark Bochkis, talked about the work and mission of Carolina Jews for Justice with the Tides Foundation. Check out an excerpt from the Tides blog.  

We met with Carolina Jews For Justice (CJJ) to learn more about their organizing strategies for maintaining momentum built up during the 2024 election. But the election isn’t over yet: four and a half months later, CJJ is still working alongside their partners to demand that all votes be counted. 

“There have been three recounts,” Abby Lublin, CJJ’s executive director, said in an interview, describing the state’s still-unsettled Supreme Court race in which the incumbent Allison Riggs leads challenger Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes. Griffin has petitioned to invalidate more than 65,000 votes from the election, and the case is currently being considered by three justices from the state Court of Appeals. 

The Supreme Court race — the only undecided race remaining from the 2024 election — is an example of what’s at stake as CJJ works to deepen civic engagement and organize a non-partisan Jewish voice for justice in North Carolina. North Carolina has seen a surge in voter suppression in recent years, part of a broader nationwide trend towards minority rule. It’s in this context that CJJ is building a faith-driven movement for justice, guided by Jewish values. 

Read the full article here.