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Sun, May 1, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Weinberg, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks good! 2 quick things: > 1. I would turn "faith" (last words) into "people" > 2. I think we need to add a sentence about a historical contribution or > the legacy of Jewish Americans to education. Maybe a sentence about > Rosenwald? Arkin-- thoughts? > > > Aaron > > Aaron Weinberg > Director of Jewish Engagement > Democratic National Committee > [email protected] > Cell: 847.848.2968 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walker, Eric > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 8:39 PM > To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Sarah E Arkin; Weinberg, Aaron; > Walsh, Tom > Subject: Draft statement for jahm for review > > This month, we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month by marking the > important contributions that Jews have made to American life. > > From a young age, *my parents taught me* that a central tenet of our > faith is tikkun olam – repairing the world. *As active citizens and as > Jews, they helped me understand that we have a responsibility to advocate > for others and on behalf of justice and righteousness.* > > This year's theme - *Jewish contributions to* education - builds upon > that legacy of tikkun olam. *Jewish Americans have been contribution to > education throughout our history. * We know that education can be the > silver bullet for parents who want to give their children a better life or > a chance to escape the cycle of poverty. Education is also our best defense > against bigotry and ignorance in society. By fighting for a better > education for all Americans, we can do our part to repair our country and > the world. > > There's a reason why two-thirds of Jews identify with the Democratic > Party: because the Democratic Party's values are in sync with the values of > the Jewish community, like tzedakah, or charity, gemilut hasadim, the gift > of loving kindness, and the cause of social justice. 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Fail:1 Chk:1324 of 1324 total X-Note: SCH-CT/SI:1-1324/SG:1 5/2/2016 8:36:25 AM X-Note: Spam Tests Failed: X-Country-Path: ->->United States-> X-Note-Sending-IP: 209.85.218.51 X-Note-Reverse-DNS: mail-oi0-f51.google.com X-Note-Return-Path: [email protected] X-Note: User Rule Hits: X-Note: Global Rule Hits: G275 G276 G277 G278 G282 G283 G406 G667 X-Note: Encrypt Rule Hits: X-Note: Mail Class: VALID X-Note: Headers Injected Received: from mail-oi0-f51.google.com ([209.85.218.51] verified) by inbound.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.7) with ESMTPS id 136191534; Mon, 02 May 2016 08:36:27 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x201so189407456oif.3; Mon, 02 May 2016 06:36:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=5MqR0cv6Mk+gCj7KH9ILjiI33+hu9UJaHYQ2Apy1F8k=; b=u7TFEJ9UxA/Xy7cK9WV0Ocm+KmXZZ25hWM2VCwOgM35hEi1mn/fh+w+WS7sSQjG31N j2Rs+TOvycghlA6zHbpbdIfuX/kmRY0Y4/cZjt4URs9oD7ihXZVv2EAQ39IrbwPdE2l5 +R9YXXWVLW9ciBVw/7l9+NewVn3MhrsC9FIGEsCko+ZjJJyBQsonL5xG+jk7fWDZ0hab in0pab626mQ2xjWhysA2flFLCb0bfShWXcRRF723YcLM+Vy9yAW/mbU1OapJkIjah3KF g6FVCEUpWzL5I9vZsCUgfS/qU9434Q2abTPiGHr63Mcq1c2ugReg8Pto17q02fySFCyf Ni1A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=5MqR0cv6Mk+gCj7KH9ILjiI33+hu9UJaHYQ2Apy1F8k=; b=g4IcyQiWy3jWDmNudqYr37UUcury60h4VIMFlLFPLB2ZIcJZZg/fURloJRCyGsNGIf gzoqJuvepQ44fPGKsObR7C4uGIlG7iHpmfG+cga5uIpZ+mQGV5gDwyERd7kWU5gvknA2 9xpNqI5TnOAdHy56qbt/8w+hFJRXF8qEXSajCiNKiyn93ASwGSZ9xN831RuwyMcq+kOF 9PT27JJxfYSaAZiwLp2GXZCQEe5KXMDnhgsRsqgwNWUtWAUlvD6rMf5Ophe7cBtNdD/T yMrdAiw24KWfcRHNyFSBdrIzWLefTIFFWwjRnXAAGIcdOnZ9cC7sa8NT5s8RkjHtdJaG cOxg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FUc20yjY07PXN3HgiOb4Q/Qr2VkEqdpPhfcVO+phweWwGL0Iez3+RWbf1XhJsN+7nfU2LxZFCde0p7UEw== X-Received: by 10.157.2.69 with SMTP id 63mr14226985otb.159.1462196187532; Mon, 02 May 2016 06:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.157.54.119 with HTTP; Mon, 2 May 2016 06:35:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> From: Sarah E Arkin <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 09:35:48 -0400 Message-ID: <CA+e4wpRkiy5pvbpxFebztQxQ+_saDXGYfX6-BC_SYcT5dr3BNA@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Draft statement for jahm for review To: "Weinberg, Aaron" <[email protected]> CC: "Walker, Eric" <[email protected]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email protected]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email protected]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email protected]> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c114d245994b00531dc14ed" Return-Path: [email protected] X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AVStamp-Mailbox: MSFTFF;1;0;0 0 0 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: dncedge1.dnc.org X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Anonymous MIME-Version: 1.0 --94eb2c114d245994b00531dc14ed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-WatchGuard-AntiVirus: part scanned. clean action=allow On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Weinberg, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks good! 2 quick things: > 1. I would turn "faith" (last words) into "people" > 2. I think we need to add a sentence about a historical contribution or > the legacy of Jewish Americans to education. Maybe a sentence about > Rosenwald? Arkin-- thoughts? > > > Aaron > > Aaron Weinberg > Director of Jewish Engagement > Democratic National Committee > [email protected] > Cell: 847.848.2968 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walker, Eric > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 8:39 PM > To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Sarah E Arkin; Weinberg, Aaron; > Walsh, Tom > Subject: Draft statement for jahm for review > > This month, we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month by marking the > important contributions that Jews have made to American life. > > From a young age, *my parents taught me* that a central tenet of our > faith is tikkun olam =E2=80=93 repairing the world. *As active citizens = and as > Jews, they helped me understand that we have a responsibility to advocate > for others and on behalf of justice and righteousness.* > > This year's theme - *Jewish contributions to* education - builds upon > that legacy of tikkun olam. *Jewish Americans have been contribution to > education throughout our history. * We know that education can be the > silver bullet for parents who want to give their children a better life o= r > a chance to escape the cycle of poverty. Education is also our best defen= se > against bigotry and ignorance in society. By fighting for a better > education for all Americans, we can do our part to repair our country and > the world. > > There's a reason why two-thirds of Jews identify with the Democratic > Party: because the Democratic Party's values are in sync with the values = of > the Jewish community, like tzedakah, or charity, gemilut hasadim, the gif= t > of loving kindness, and the cause of social justice. This Jewish American > Heritage Month, I'm proud to call myself a Democrat because I know that w= e > are not only advancing the causes of our party but of the Jewish faith. > > > --94eb2c114d245994b00531dc14ed Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-WatchGuard-AntiVirus: part scanned. clean action=allow <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><d= iv dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote= ">On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Weinberg, Aaron <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a= href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&= gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 = 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Looks good! 2 quick thi= ngs:<br> 1. I would turn "faith" (last words) into "people"<br> 2. I think we need to add a sentence about a historical contribution or the= legacy of Jewish Americans to education. Maybe a sentence about Rosenwald?= Arkin-- thoughts?<br> <br> <br> Aaron<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Aaron Weinberg<br> Director of Jewish Engagement<br> Democratic National Committee<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> Cell: <a href=3D"tel:847.848.2968" value=3D"+18478482968">847.848.2968<= /a><br> </font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> <br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Walker, Eric<br> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 8:39 PM<br> To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Sarah E Arkin; Weinberg, Aaron; Walsh= , Tom<br> Subject: Draft statement for jahm for review<br> <br> This month, we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month by marking the impo= rtant contributions that Jews have made to American life.<br> <br> From a young age, <b>my parents taught me</b> that a central tenet of = our faith is tikkun olam =E2=80=93  repairing the world. <b>As active = citizens and as Jews, they helped me understand that we have a responsibili= ty to advocate for others and on behalf of justice and righteousness.</b><b= r> <br> This year's theme - <b>Jewish contributions to</b> education - builds upon = that legacy of tikkun olam. <b>Jewish Americans have been contribution to e= ducation throughout our history. </b> We know that education can = be the silver bullet for parents who want to give their children a better l= ife or a chance to escape the cycle of poverty. Education is also our best = defense against bigotry and ignorance in society. By fighting for a better = education for all Americans, we can do our part to repair our country and t= he world.<br> <br> There's a reason why two-thirds of Jews identify with the Democratic Party:= because the Democratic Party's values are in sync with the values of the J= ewish community, like tzedakah, or charity, gemilut hasadim, the gift of lo= ving kindness, and the cause of social justice. This Jewish American Herita= ge Month, I'm proud to call myself a Democrat because I know that we are no= t only advancing the causes of our party but of the Jewish faith.<br> <br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div> --94eb2c114d245994b00531dc14ed--