Includes essays from esteemed rabbis from all the major denominations and from a prominent labor leader; tips on how to get your congregation involved; ideas for Divrei Torah for the Labor Day weekends between 2000/5760 and 2005/5765; and a list of organizations that can help you in your planning.

You may view Labor on the Bimah: A Special resource for Synagogues as a text only document or download the file below. IWJ will release a Labor on the Bimah supplement for 2006 in June.

If you are interested in organizing Labor on the Bimah at your synagogue, please sign up here so we can count you as one of the hundreds of congregations around the country lifting up worker justice issues over Labor Day weekend. Getting an accurate count will enable IWJ to publicize the faith community’s concern with worker justice in the national media, which will help bring worker justice issues to an even wider audience.

Congregations and religion-labor groups organizing Labor in the Pulpits, Labor on the Bimah and/or Labor in the Minbar will receive a sample press release before Labor Day with the number of congregations planning to participate for use in publicizing the program locally.