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Afikomen
Sunday, May 3 at 3:00pm - Inside the Activists' Studio i...
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Sunday, February 22 at 3:00pm - Inside the Activists' Studio
New York City
Sunday, December 7 at 4:00pm
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- British Court slams Judaism police! 1:29pm Nov 7
- J Street Reflections 2:07pm Oct 30
- Searching for a Minyan: Our Response to Being Censored by J Street 1:32pm Oct 30
Sarah Lyhall of the New York Times reports that Britain’s Supreme Court ruled against a Jewish high school in London that had rejected an applicant because his mother wasn’t Jewish enough – and so, by extension, neither was he. Yep,...
Crossposted with Shalom Rav I’m back from the national J Street Conference in DC and its been a whirlwind. There’s so much to tell, but I’m not sure I can do it any better than the myriad of bloggers who have already weighed in. For ...
Originally published in the Huffington Post prior to conference. This weekend, J Street, a new Jewish “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” PAC and Washington-based organization is holding its first national conference. Th...
We, the undersigned young women and men, Jews and Arabs from all parts of the country, hereby declare that we will toil against the occupation and oppression policies of the Israeli government in the occupied territories, and in the territory of the land of Israel, and therefore refuse to take part...
Are you a Jewish Journalist, looking for a free conference?Desiring to hone your “objectivity-o-meter” skills?Want to connect with the latest and greatest Pro-Israel politicians on the scene?Looking to get the inside poop to scoop the competition? Wa...
Below is an interview I did with Sherri Muzher. Sherri Muzher, who holds a Jurist Doctor in International and Comparative Law, is a Palestinian-American activist, a freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to Media Monitors Network (MMN). The interview is reposted with permission...
The following drash/sermon was given during Yom Kippur at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav. I love being Jewish. I always have. From the moment I knew I was Jewish, I found a home in the prayers, larger-than-me concepts, values and sense of community that were infused in everything we did. ...
At sunset this evening Yom Kippur begins, the holiest day of the Jewish year. It’s 24 hours of fasting and introspection, and asking forgiveness from our creator. ...
From my op-ed in morning’s Sunday Chicago Tribune(cross-posted in Shalom Rav): The actions of the Jewish State ultimately reflect upon the Jewish people throughout the world. We in the Diaspora Jewish community have long taken pride in the accomplishments of the Jewish State. ...
The municipality of Petach Tikvah in reference to Jewish women dating Arabs: “We can’t tell the girls what to do but we can send a psychologist to their home to offer them and their parents advice.” Huh? Oh, ...
By Janet Weil and Rae Abileah “As a Jew, an American and a mother, the invasion of Gaza filled me with unbearable sadness. ...
You are being invited it buy into the image of Tel Aviv as the “Mediterranean capital of Gay tourism,” tempted by “[t]he people, the bars, the parties, the restaurants, the white sandy beaches, the sense of absolute freedom – these are the components that justify this image.” But this is just an i...
crossposted from Mondoweiss Lamia Khatib, wife of detained organizer Mohammed Khatib, of the Popular Committee Against the Wall And Settlements in the village of Bil’in, has an essay up on Huffington Post recounting the arrest of her husband. ...
JVoices Now you have a taste of what's happening in North Carolina -- what lefty, independent, alternative High Holiday events are happening in your area? Let us know - http://is.gd/2dWKF
Spiritual Nourishment and Radical Religious Community for the Jewish High Holidays: A Yom Kippur Ret
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We plan to create a spiritually uplifting, emotionally engaging, introspective, and welcoming space. In addition to focusing on our personal atonement we will be talking and reflecting critically about the teaching/meaning of Yom Kippur in the context of the ongoing occupation of Palestine and Pales...
