Insight 2026

The 2020 Heschel Vision Experience is Jews United for Justice’s largest community event of the year. This year’s event will include the annual Heschel Vision Awards, a celebration of members of our community who take action with deep moral commitment and who inspire and empower others, as well as small group learning sessions and an opportunity to learn more about our work for racial and economic justice in DC and Maryland. This event is free but registration is required. Learn more at jufj.org/heschel.

For many of us the march from Selma to

Montgomery was both protest and prayer…

Even without words, our march was worship.

I felt my legs were praying.

— Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1965

These words from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel are central to JUFJ’s work and they are a cornerstone of why we honor his memory each year. The work of racial and economic justice requires all of us- and the work itself is a sacred act. Even more this year, we are reflecting on this call for justice, and recommitting ourselves to the work we are born to do. Some of this work requires showing up and speaking out. Some requires being in community with