This is the video recap of the 15th annual Jews For Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) Rabbi Marshal T. Meyer Risk Taker Awards, held on Tuesday, December 13th at B’nai Jeshurun in New York City. This was an amazing event. I’m so glad I was there that night, and so proud to be a long-time member of JFREJ.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? And if not together, how?
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Rabbi Hillel (first three sentences) and Adrienne Rich (last sentence)
An interview with Hagai El-Ad, the director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), on the current protests across Israel for social justice.
Last year I completed a M.A. in International Human Rights. I'm interested in the praxis of human rights, the role of social justice movements and the value of tikkun olam to make the world a better place. I am also interested in international development, humanitarian aid, social justice movements, politics, economics, community organizing and the values of deep and direct democracy. As a queer Jew I care about certain issues, but I strive to push discourse and work for real, meaningful, and lasting progressive change.
This blog is a forum for me to discuss my ideas and analysis and share what I do and think about on the issues that matter to me.
"Sometimes no length of string is long enough to say the thing that needs to be said." - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss