Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012
Venue Six10
at Spertus Institute
610 S. Michigan Avenue
Jane Ramsey
After three decades during which she defined the Jewish social justice
agenda in Chicago, and shaped the organization that carried out the mission,
Jane Ramsey is retiring from the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs.
Founded by Rabbi Robert Marx in 1964 as a Jewish response to the
emerging civil rights movement, under Ramsey’s leadership JCUA expanded
its social justice role and has become the ”go-to” organization for those seeking allies in the fight
for justice.
When then long shot mayoral candidate Harold Washington became the object of racial slurs,
JCUA called for Chicagoans to act on their better nature. When CHA residents sought allies to
ensure that their rights were honored as the city tore down its high-rises, JCUA helped pull together
the coalition of religious and civil rights institutions that became the tenants’ allies. In the wake of
September 11th, 2001 when Chicago’s Muslim community became the target of hate crimes, JCUA
reached out to offer support and solidarity, subsequently founding the Jewish-Muslim Community
Building Initiative.
More recently, when Chicago’s immigrant communities were threatened by both gentrification and
deportations, JCUA fought for immigration reform and battled the now-infamous practices of the
Agriprocessors, Inc., a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa. This led to a nationwide effort, the “We
Were Strangers, Too Jewish Campaign for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”
While Ramsey’s leadership was most publicly evidenced in these important responses to
immediate situations, she also established programs that are now a part of JCUA’s core activities.
These range from a middle-school curriculum on Judaism and Urban Poverty that has engaged
thousands of Jewish students in synagogues and day schools, to Or Tzedek, a teen social justice
institute in which participants spend time working in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.
Ramsey was recognized for her influence on Jewish social justice in 2009 by The Forward, a
national Jewish publication. “In almost every social and economic justice issue that came up in
Chicago — homelessness, unemployment, community reinvestment, racism, anti-Semitism —
Ramsey was there, providing Jewish leadership,” the publication said.
Along with social activism, Ramsey continues to spend time and energy on her family. Her children,
Laura and Josh Saltzman, have recently established a new restaurant in Washington, D.C. and her
stepchildren, Bari Raab and Brandon Rice (the children of husband Lewis Rice) reside in Chicago with
their spouses Charlie Raab and Staci Rice, and new grandson, Hudson Rice.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012
Venue Six10 at Spertus Institute
610 S. Michigan Avenue • Chicago, IL 60605 Wine Reception - 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Program - 6:30 p.m.
Dietary laws observed
Honorary Event Chair
Rabbi Robert J. Marx
Event Chairs
Comm. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
Nancy Kaufman
Judd H. Miner
Dr. Calvin Morris
Dr. Rami Nashashibi
Vic Rosenthal
Hon. Helen Shiller
OFFICERS
Board of Directors Chair
Rabbi Bruce Elder
Vice Presidents
Rabbi Capers Funnye
David Midgley
Roberta Nechin
Lya Dym Rosenblum
Louis Rosenblum, M.D.
Gregory Rothman
Treasurer
Eric Sacks
Secretary
Peggy Slater
DIRECTORS
Ira Azulay
Kay Berkson
*Sonia Bloch
Zachary Braun
Rabbi Shoshanah Conover
Rene Friedman
David F. Graham
James Hanig
Mimi Harris
Jay Heyman
*Sidney Hollander
*Stephen Keen
*Robert B. Lifton
Rabbi Asher Lopatin
*Rabbi Robert J. Marx
Gordon Mayer
Ethan Michaeli
Hon. Abner Mikva
Judd H. Miner
*Richard Rhodes
Michael Rosenthal
Judith Rothschild
*Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman
*Nikki Will Stein
Richard Wallach
*Denotes Past President
ADVISORY BOARD
Michael Alter
Sheldon Baskin
Timuel Black
Barbara Bluhm-Kaul
Aaron Freeman
Gerald Friedman
Comm. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
Theodore Gertz
Mel Katten
Rabbi Peter Knobel
Evely Laser Shlensky
Elliot Lehman
Frances Lehman
Sister Sheila Lyne
Beatrice Cummings Mayer
Ronald Miller
Jon Mills
Janet Morgan
Jacob Morowitz
Rev. Calvin Morris
Dr. Rami Nashashibi
Hon. David Orr
Robert B. Rosen
*Martin E. Rosenfeld
Ruth Rothstein
Jane Saks
Rev. Alexander Sharp
Ronna Stamm
Eli Ungar
Bernice Weissbourd
Amy Zisook
Chief Executive Officer
Judy Levey
The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs combats poverty, racism and anti-Semitism in partnership with Chicago’s
diverse communities. Guided by prophetic Jewish principles, JCUA pursues social and economic justice for
Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by promoting a vision of empowering communities from within. Since
1964, JCUA has assisted groups in low-income and minority communities, built coalitions with diverse groups,
advocated on issues of poverty and racism, and mobilized a Jewish constituency to create a more just city.
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Tribute Committee*
Hal Baron
Martin Baumgaertel
Timuel and Zenobia Black
Lawrence Benito
Kay Berkson
and Sidney Hollander
Sonia and Ted Bloch
Nancy Bothne
Molly Bougearel
Zachary Braun
Martrice Campbell
Janice Collier
Doug Dobmeyer
Steve and Ariel Derringer
Rachel Durchslag
Rabbi Bruce Elder
Stacey Flint
Rabbi Capers Funnye
Comm. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
Brian Gladstein
Ruth Glassenberg
Alan and Carol Goldberg
Sam Hamer
Mimi Harris
Rabbi Ari Hart
Rev. Marshall Hatch
Andrea Hirschfeld
Josh Hoyt
Dr. Sokoni Karanja
Nancy Kaufman
Noah Leavitt and Helen Kim
Judy Levey
Robert “Bud” Lifton
and Carol Rosofsky
Rabbi Asher Lopatin
Lewis Kreinberg
Rene David Luna
Jessie and Doug MacDonald
Rabbi Robert J. and Ruth Marx
Beatrice Cummings Mayer
Gordon Mayer
Ruth Messinger
Ethan Michaeli and Kimiyo Naka
Hon. Joe Moore
David and Janet Midgley
Judd and Linda Miner
Kari Moe
Hon. Joe Moore
Dr. Calvin Morris
Dr. Rami Nashashibi
Roberta and Herb Nechin
Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel
Hon. David Orr
Susan Ostrov
Bari and Charlie Rabb
Richard and Judith Rhodes
Brandon and Staci Rice
Lewis Rice
Lou and Lya Rosenblum
Vic Rosenthal
Gregory Rothman
Ruth Rothstein
Eric Sacks
Laura Saltzman
Joshua Saltzman
Irene Lehrer Sandalow
Rabbi Herman
and Lotte Schaalman
Hon. Helen Shiller
Evely Laser Shlensky
Manny and Fanchon Silberstein
Peggy Slater
Marilyn Sneiderman
Carol Steele
Nikki and Fred Stein
John Strauss
Lydia Taylor
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Rabbi Jeffrey and Julie
Chizewer Weill
Warren Weisberg
Bernice Weissbourd
*in formation
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