Seattle Federation delays police award after Charleena Lyle shooting
In response to outcry after Charleena Lyle's shooting, a Seattle federation has postponed an award for Seattle's chief of police -- but didn't rescind it.
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Tikkun Olam, Seattle Jewry, and the Killing of Charleena Lyles
After Seattle police killed Charleena Lyles, it is inappropriate for the Jewish federation to honor the police chief with a "Tikun Olam" award on Thursday.
Jewschool co-sponsors Inside the Activists' Studio 2011 in San Francisco!
Jewschool is proud to sponsor for the third year running the Inside the Activists’ Studio series. We’ve co-sponsored in NYC, DC…and now San Francisco! Pursue: Action for a Just World takes the lead with this year’s partners New Generations of…
Bibi's hecklers
Five young Jews interrupted Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech at the General Assembly (GA) of Jewish federations yesterday. You can read the first-hand accounts by lead protestor and Jewlicious and ROI alum Rae Abileah, LA Jewish Journal editor Rob Eshman, and…
Establishment losing young leaders over flotilla responses
Attentive as always to the sentiment of my peers who obsess less about this issue than I do, the past weekend’s flotilla events have only confirmed what Peter Beinart wrote. His words confirm what I and others on Jewschool have…
Natan Sharansky leverages the sham of his legacy at General Assembly
Natan Sharansky, formerly a Jewish refusenik in Russia championing civil rights and present-day Likudnik director of the Jewish Agency, flashed his crown as “unofficial” head of Soviet bloc human rights activists at the annual Jewish federations convention, the General Assembly.…