“Link” by The Melbourne Jewish Labor Bund: Zine Review
Zine review columnist Miranda Sullivan reviews the third edition of “Link”, Melbourne’s Jewish Labor Bund Zine, which carries on an over-a-century-long tradition of Jewish socialist publishing.
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Yom Kippur As A Call-In Moment
Our day of atonement is Judaism’s built-in ritual for calling ourselves in.
Jewish Continuity Demands We Fight For a Green New Deal
Activists from the Workers Circle College Network are organizing a new campaign in the ongoing struggle for climate justice.
To The New Jewish Left
More American Jews find themselves called to justice work than ever before. April Rosenblum, organizer and author of The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere, brings Torah in this letter for young Jewish activists resisting domination and approaching a tipping point.
Investigation: How Jewish Youth Groups Are Breeding A Toxic Sexual Culture For Teens
For decades, major Jewish youth groups have cultivated pressure-based teen sexual cultures, leaving Jewish youth without support or education about sexuality and consent.
Welcome to the Jewish Underground Press: Zine Review Series
Our zine review columnist Miranda Sullivan introduces herself — and the Jewish zine-scene of summer 2021.
What’s New With The Workers Circle College Network
Two student activists on the politics and vision behind a new Jewish socialist youth collective.
Escape the Plagues & Find Liberation: A Pesach Puzzle Game
Can an escape room be a spiritual endeavor? Can play help us feel connected to the people around us? Can games be holy work? Can puzzles help us engage with the challenging social justice themes of the Passover story?
A Strike Against Despair
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a University of Michigan undergraduate reflects on the sense of possibility unleashed by the grad student strike.
An American Jew in Israel: Standing Against Annexation
“As an American in Israel, I can talk to English-speaking immigrants to Israel, and use a shared vocabulary to explain why I believe the annexation would lead to the creation of an apartheid state. And unlike my Israeli friends, I can stand up for Palestinian rights without fear of societal backlash.”
Constructing Jewish Community, On Our Own Terms
It was a warm Wednesday in the fall of my first year at Brown University. As I meandered through the main green, a child with with tzitzit poking out of the bottom of his shirt walked up to me and asked, “Are you Jewish? Would you like to say a prayer or come to dinner?”…
Trump’s SNAP Proposal Isn’t True Tzedakah
This week, the Trump administration proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including a plan that half of recipients benefits come in the form of a harvest box in the place of food stamps. The box would contain foods preselected for their economic benefit to U.S. farmers and nutritional value. Sounds good, right?…
My Hillel Neglects Queer Jews
I came out to myself, and my wider community, during my sophomore year of college. Hillel was the first organization I was involved in on campus, and before I ever entered queer spaces, I came out at my Hillel. The reactions made me reflect on Hillel’s relationship with queer Jews and gave me with a…
What Kitty Genovese teaches us about Donald Trump
When my Rabbi first told me about Kitty Genovese, it was my sophomore year of high school. After that, he would often invoke the story of how she was murdered while witnesses stood by. He would use Kitty to make a point about personal responsibility, or accent a story about not standing idly by, or…
Stop analyzing Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Bernie Sanders makes the decision to talk about his Jewishness, specifically how it contrasts starkly with the ways in which Donald Trump talks about Jewishness. Since then, Bernie Sanders has gone on to nearly tie the Iowa caucus with Hillary Clinton and, last week, defeat her in…