Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Tevel b’Tzedek (Hebrew for Earth In Justice) is an Israeli non-profit organization promoting social and environmental justice by sending young people all over the world to do intimate and immediate action. Their goals are to engage the Jewish community is issues of poverty and devastation on the premise that the Jewish people are innately connected…
Question: What’s the first page that appears when you Google “Jewish social justice”? Answer: The Progressive Jewish Alliance and Jewish Funds for Justice. In addition to having an awesome domain name (jewishjustice.org!), this organization is also doing amazing things to engage the Jewish community in justice work. To quote their own vision statement, “In 25…
My name is Amanda Winer and I am a Jew. Sounds like I’m in an AA meeting or something, eh? The reason I introduce myself as such is twofold. Firstly, I fully acknowledge that this is an important part of my identity. Secondly, I helps to put this entire blog in context. This is who…