Emergency Food Drive To Help Postville Residents

As Crisis Continues, Twin Cities Conservative Synagogues Lead Effort
Jewish Community Action Urges Participation

How to Help: Bring kosher and non-kosher, non-perishable items

Drop-Off Site: B’nai Emet Synagogue, 3115 Ottawa Ave. S., St. Louis Park

When: Sunday, November 23rd and Monday, November 24th.

Food will be collected and driven to Postville before the Thanksgiving holiday.

You can also make a monetary donation to St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, 100% of which will be used to help people with basic needs (such as food and shelter). Send checks to St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, 135 W. Williams St., Postville, IA 52162. Note: “relief effort” on the check.

On July 27, 2008, Jewish Community Action led three full buses of over 150 people to Postville, Iowa. In Iowa, we met up with our co-planners, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Chicago) and St. Bridget Catholic Church (Postville). Together, over 1000 Jews and non-Jews marched, rallied, and prayed to bring attention to the need for immigration reform, an end to raids, and improved working conditions for those who toil to produce food fit for our community. We also delivered over $30,000 in collected donations for the families affected by the raid for food and other humanitarian relief. View video footage of the day
here.

Despite international attention and pressure, conditions have worsened in Postville, contact us for more details.

In addition to urging you to give food, Jewish Community Action encourages you to join us in changing the conditions that allowed this situation to happen in the first place – a broken immigration system and lack of protections and rights for workers. To join our efforts, please contact Lauren Bastien (lauren@jewishcommunityaction.org), Vic Rosenthal (vic@jewishcommunityaction.org) or Melissa Rudnick (melissa@jewishcommunityaction.org).









Suzanne Bring
Development Director

Jewish Community Action
2375 University Avenue West, Suite 150
St. Paul, MN 55114
651-632-2184 (phone) 651-632-2188 (fax)
suzanne@jewishcommunityaction.org
http://www.jewishcommunityaction.org/

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