Lamentations 4: An elegy from eikha for today’s cities: “What you see is the same; what you hear is a cup / Full of coins and a homeless guy asking for change.”
Jewschool interviews Ladino singer-songwriter about her new children’s album and her quest to save Ladino.
Last night, young Jews in over 15 cities in at least five countries hosted Shabbat dinners and protests in front of Jewish institutions and Israeli embassies in urgent protest of demolitions slated for four Arab villages in the West Bank and Negev on Monday.
Over 400 people marched the largest Jewish protest for #BlackLivesMatter and the Right to Know Act — seven were arrested, including Reform movement VP.
As we prepare for Tisha B’Av, thinking of all the ways people continue to see their cities ravaged by bloodshed and dislocation, it may be helpful to round up some poignant Tisha B’Av pieces from years past on this site.
Last week was a historical moment for racial equity in the United States, as The Movement for Black Lives brought together over 40 disparate grassroots
A former staffer at an NGO devoted to Jews of the Middle East questions whether their agenda is true — or disguised Israel advocacy?
“We are asking the Jewish community to show up for their Jews of Color brothers and sisters in this moment…We need your voices. We need your help. We need your love.”
This summer, these five Jews joined forty others with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence in the West Bank for work and protest alongside Palestinians.