Tag Archive: social justice
Summer of ’89
By Ruti Kadish, October 2013 In the summer of 1989, at the age of 25, I celebrated my bat mitzvah at Jewish summer camp. Growing up in Israel, reaching the age of mitzvot was marked by a meal with extended family in our home. In my secular Ashkenazi home, heavily informed by my mother’s kibbutz…
Women of the Wall, Judaism, and you!
I want your help to bolster Israel’s women’s rights movement. You can bolster this front-line work by demonstrating the depth of support for the notion that women should be full partners in modern Jewish life.
Torah and Half-a-Torah
When I was Bat-Mitzvahed in a Conservative synagogue a long time ago, girls did not read from the Torah. Bat Mitzvahs took place on Friday night, not Saturday morning. Girls did not wear a tallit, and their speeches about the meaning of the Haftorah portion they read were truncated. As a Hebrew Day school student,…
Taking Our Place: Faye Moskowitz
October 2013 I can still picture myself, a little girl, sitting among my aunts, my bubbie, and my mother in the balcony of the small Detroit schul where from time to time we looked down to pick out our family’s men as they prayed. I have earlier impressions of a time when I was still…
Jewish and Arab Fans Join Together to Kick Racism Out of Soccer
Dozens of Arab and Jewish fans met before the opening match of Israel’s new soccer season to prepare anti-racism banners. The fans of Hapoel Tel Aviv and from the Arab city of Sakhnin also discussed the need for shared society and tolerance. The fans’ banners were prevalent in the stands as the players came onto the field wearing “Football for All” shirts in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. The players then kicked “Respect” balls, donated by the Union of European Football Associations, into the crowd.
A More Progressive Budget
On a mission to ensure a progressive state budget and social safety net, the Social Budget Forum has been hard at work in and out of the halls of Knesset.
To At Least Reach the Glass Ceiling
One Mizrachi activist is making a major difference in the lives of women, the Mizrachi community, and for social justice.
Israel’s Affordable Housing Protest Catches Fire
A huge wave of protests against the high cost of housing, begun with a single ‘tent city’ in Tel Aviv, has forced the Netanyahu government to offer immediate changes in government policy. The protests have dominated Israel’s media headlines over the past 10 days.
Human Rights March & Pluralism Event Dramatize Progressive Voices in Israel
Jerusalem, Israel. With support from the New Israel Fund, thousands marched by daylight, and hundreds lit candles at dusk, in a spirited show of support for human rights and religious tolerance in Israel. In a two-day span, the events demonstrated that many Israelis are recommitting themselves to the Jewish and universal values of freedom, dissent and sustaining democracy.
A Different Approach to Israeli Poverty
1 in 3 Israeli children live below the poverty line. An appalling statistic for a country whose economy continues to soar, yet the poor just get poorer.
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