Jason Weiner
Congregation B’nai Israel
Board of Directors, Member
Favorite quote or scripture related to justice:
True, we are often too weak to stop injustices; but the least we can do is protest against them.
True, we are too poor to eliminate hunger; but in feeding one child, we protest against hunger.
True, we are too timid and powerless to take on all the guards of all the political prisons in the world; but in offering our solidarity to one prisoner, we denounce all the tormentors.
True, we are powerless against death; but as long as we help one man, one woman, one child live one hour longer in safety and dignity, we affirm a human's right to live.
-Elie Wiesel
What does justice mean to you?
“The world stands on three things: Torah, service, and acts of loving kindness… You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.”
Pirke Avot (Ethics of Our Fathers)
What is the most powerful thing you have been a part of at ACT?
All of my most powerful experiences with Sacramento ACT have been in sacred community and solidarity across faiths and backgrounds: marching to protest the systems and conditions that led to the killing of Stephon Clark by police, standing up as a Sacramento community to the Acting Director of ICE, pushing back against the status quo that uses our tax dollars to place police officers in our schools, directly asking public officials to commit to a plan to end homelessness in Sacramento County.
Favorite thing about Sacramento:
That it is a city that is small enough that an individual can quickly find ways to make a difference.
