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PHILOSOPHER-THEOLOGIAN Josiah Royce coined the term
“beloved community” in the
early 1900s, but the phrase
gained popularity when it
was used frequently by the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

in his call to transform his
community with “an all-inclu-
sive spirit of brotherhood and
sisterhood” and eradicate the
violent racism still prevalent in
U.S. society.

On MLK Day, Jan. 17, Jewish
Community Relations Council
Director Jason Holtzman hopes
to strive toward a beloved
community through JCRC’s
programming and community
partnerships. “It’s important for us to
show up for other commu-
nities because we want other
communities to show up for
us,” Holtzman said. “We want
to create a more just society,
a more equitable society,
that off ers fair treatment and
opportunities for everyone.”
JCRC will co-sponsor
Global Citizens’ 27th annual
Greater Philadelphia Martin
Luther King Day of Service,
which has more than 160
in-person and virtual volunteer
opportunities on this year’s
theme of “Combatting Racism
& Building Community.”
Th e organization, part of the
Jewish Federation of Greater
Philadelphia, is participating
in and inviting community
volunteers to a cleanup of the
Finley Recreation Center in
East Mount Airy. Th e cleanup
will take place from 8 a.m. to
noon on Jan. 17, followed by
three city-wide youth basket-
ball games at the center.

Th e clean-up eff ort affi rms
recreational centers as places
for community gatherings
and face-to-face interaction,
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Holtzman said.

“If you look across the city,
over the past year, there’s been
such a high rise in crime, such
a high rise in gun violence,”
Holtzman said. “It’s very
important that there are fl our-
ishing recreation centers for
youth to turn to the commu-
nity to go to.”
Global Citizens President
and King Day of Service
Founder and Director Todd
Bernstein affi rmed the event,
along with the additional
programs, as “a vehicle to build
bridges” that goes beyond just
showing up to volunteer.

“We very actively and very
intentionally have folks that are
very diff erent from one another
— have diff erent experiences
or [who are] diff erent racially,
religiously or geographically —
doing projects together for that
very reason of fi nding common
ground and building ongoing
relationships,” Bernstein said.

Th e event will have enforced
COVID protocols, such
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as required mask-wearing
and social distancing when
possible. Sign-up slots for the
event are limited.

JCRC also will host a
session on Jan. 14 at 1 p.m. with
Alliance of Trust called “Th e
Role of Sports in Combatting
Racism and Antisemitism:
Women in Sports.”
Panelists include Joanne
Pasternack, co-founder of
Athlete’s Voices and former vice
president of philanthropy for the
San Francisco 49ers and Golden
State Warriors; Kendyl Moss,
former president of communi-
cations for the Atlanta Falcons;
and Odessa Jenkins, founder of
the Women’s National Football
Conference. Th e virtual event will be the
third installment in Alliance
of Trust’s “Role of Sports”
panel series, which is intended
to illuminate the perva-
sive discrimination in sports
history and the resilience
demonstrated by Black and
Jewish athletes to overcome
that adversity.

“Sports is the great equal-
izer,” said Alliance of Trust
co-founder David Edman.

“When you’re on the playing
fi eld, and you got teammates,
and you’re trying to win, the
color of someone’s skin is
irrelevant.” Alliance of Trust began
three years ago in response to
community members’ desire
to revamp the now-defunct
Operation Understanding,
a partnership between the
American Jewish Committee
Philadelphia/South Jersey and
the Urban League of Greater
Philadelphia. Th e organization, which
kicked off public programming
two years ago on MLK Day,
aims to build Black-Jewish
solidarity in an increasingly
divisive political climate.

For more information on
Global Citizens’ MLK Day of
Service, visit mlkdayofservice.

org. To register for Alliance of
Trust’s “Role of Sports” panel,
visit allianceoft rust.org. ●
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