Rabbi Yitzchak taught that “A ruler is not to be appointed unless the community is consulted.”

— Babylonian Talmud Berachot 55a

DC needs leaders who will represent all of us, and who are accountable to the whole community. That’s why we vote, and why we take seriously Rabbi Yitzchak’s teaching that community input is essential for choosing who will lead our city.

And it’s why the JUFJ Campaign Fund was founded ten years ago — to help elect leaders who will fight for our Jewish values, to advocate for issues that matter to the whole DC community, and to hold our representatives to the commitments they make.

Mazel Tov to all of our 2024 endorsed candidates!

We are proud to have supported amazing candidates in DC’s elections in 2024. Whether they won or lost, we know that all of them are going on to do amazing work for justice in DC.

As Jews, we know that every vote is sacred, just as every person is sacred. Every single one of us is entitled to a say in our democracy. We are so proud to be part of a powerful local progressive movement in DC and Maryland.

The JUFJ Campaign Fund is proud to endorse:

Janeese Lewis George for Mayor

DC deserves a Mayor who will fight for our communities and our Jewish values. Janeese Lewis George will be that Mayor.

Since before she first ran for the DC Council, Janeese Lewis George has been the kind of leader that every community should have in office. She is dedicated to making real change in the District, from fighting to defend and expand paid family and medical leave to proposing innovative plans for more and better housing to cosponsoring a transformative tax increase that raised the pay of thousands of early childhood educators. 

But she is not only a principled policy expert. Councilmember Lewis George has been out in the streets, meeting with constituents where they live, and speaking out against the federal government’s takeover of our city. She has worked to make the streets safer around our schools, to ensure that public trash cans remain available, and to keep people in their homes when they are facing eviction and homelessness.

And now, Janeese Lewis George is running for Mayor. We are proud to endorse her, and to get to work to help her win.

DC Events

  • Shehecheyanu: a Jews for Janeese Chanukah Launch Party

    December 18 | 6:00 pm9:00 pm

    DC deserves a Mayor who will fight for our communities and our Jewish values, and Janeese Lewis George will be that Mayor! Kick off the Jews for Janeese campaign at our Chanukah launch party, featuring live music, latkes and doughnuts, candle lighting, and a chance to hear from Councilmember Lewis G…

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Paid for by JUFJ Campaign Fund, PO Box 41485, Washington, DC 20018. Joe Sandler, Treasurer