Rabbi Yitzchak taught that “A ruler is not to be appointed unless the community is consulted.”
— Babylonian Talmud Berachot 55a
Northern Virginia 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 county.
And it’s why the JUFJ Campaign Fund was founded over a decade ago — to help elect leaders who will fight for our Jewish values, to advocate for issues that matter to the whole community, and to hold our representatives to the commitments they make.
In 2025, we were thrilled to endorse our first ever Virginia candidates, and thrilled that all four were elected! Read more below.