Cantor Vera to be honored at Labor Seder

The New England Jewish Labor Committee (NEJLC) will honor Cantor Vera Broekhuysen with their Abraham Joshua Heschel Award for Leadership in the Jewish Community at the New England Jewish Labor Seder on Sunday, March 30. The event is a unique interfaith and inter-community awards dinner that ties the rituals and stories of Passover to contemporary labor struggles. Each year, NEJLC awards a leader from organized labor and from the Jewish community who exemplify values of justice for all workers, and tikkun olam (repairing the world). 

NEJLC recognizes Cantor Vera’s work for justice for all workers through her spiritual leadership in
Congregation Beth El and her work with the Merrimack Valley Interfaith Sanctuary Network. “Cantor Vera is a shining example for a new generation of Jewish communal leaders, and NEJLC is honored to celebrate her efforts to achieve justice for all workers,” the organization says.

The labor awardee is Joe Bonfiglio, business manager of the Massachusetts and Northern New England Laborers’ District Council. Several organizations will also be recognized with Bread and Roses Awards for Courageous Workplace Action and for Organizing in a New Field.

Tickets to the seder, which will be held at the IBEW Local 103 Function Hall (226 Freeport St #1, Dorchester) are $18–$36 and can be purchased here. Doors open at 4:30pm.