Our Mission
The Jewish Social Justice Roundtable is a network of nonprofit organizations that strengthens and aligns the Jewish social justice field in order to make justice a core expression of Jewish life and help create an equitable world.
Our Vision
We envision a loving, caring, and equitable world in which power is shared and all are free from injustice. In this world, we live out our Jewish traditions of justice, embrace the beauty and multiplicity of Jewish identities, overcome past and present oppressions, and trust in ourselves, one another, and our partners to pursue justice together.
Our Definition of Social Justice
The Roundtable’s working definition of social justice is, “Building a better world by transforming systems and ideologies so that all people can thrive, be free, and live in dignity.”
Tzedek (Justice): Social justice is building a better world by transforming systems and ideologies so that all people can thrive, be free & live in dignity.
B’tselem Elohim (In the Image of God): We see every single person as made in the image of God and a unique and equally valuable human, and work toward a better world for all people.
Chesed (Loving Kindness): We view love as an action, a necessary practice of building relationships and interdependence in order to bring about the world we want.
Tikvah (Hope): We bring hope and optimism to our work and build resilience to oppose oppressions, recognizing that both are necessary to bring about the world we want.
70 Faces of Torah: As a network, we embrace one another’s individual strengths and identities and use those strengths to lift the whole in pursuit of our shared vision and mission.
Mussar: We work on ourselves in order to pursue external justice in the world.
