Tag: Jewschool: Progressive Jews & Views

  • How My Jewish and Black Grandmothers Found Bernie Jewschool: Progressive Jews & Views 2016-04-30 Jason Salmon Photo above: Jason Salmon (center) and members of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) at an action in New York City for police accountability. Photo courtesy JFREJ. Both of my grandmothers, one a Black woman and the other…

  • Mizrahi Jews, Jews of Color, and Racial Justice Jewschool: Progressive Jews & Views 2016-04-28 Keren Soffer Sharon Queens, New York As a Mizrahi Jew organizing for justice in my city, I initially questioned whether I had a role to play in the upcoming National Jews of Color Convening. Even though I co-founded the Mizrahi Caucus…

  • “Diversity” Won’t Challenge Jewry’s Role in White Supremacy Jewschool: Progressive Jews & Views 2016-04-27 Mark Tseng Putterman New York, New York In addition to my own mother, “Linda” was the only other Asian American woman at the Reform synagogue I grew up attending. It was a friendly, liberal, and white Jewish space in our affluent…