No matter what Seder table you plan to join this week, there are three things you can expect to do a lot of: eat, drink, and sing. And just like every gathering has its own unique menu, there are also innumerable combinations of songs that help us to connect to the Passover story, to our […]
The attacks on Simone Zimmerman are just like those against those of us who first embraced the two-state solution, says Breira founder Bob Loeb.
We call upon those who claim to speak for the American Jewish community to recognize that our community contains a multiplicity of voices.
Well, that was awkward. Just a few days after announcing that it had hired Simone Zimmerman to be its national Jewish outreach coordinator, the Bernie Sanders campaign suspended her position yesterday, in reaction to loud, right-wing criticism of her positions, activism, and language in opposing the Israeli occupation and its enablers. I had planned yesterday to take on her chorus of critics for their ethically compromised and sometimes farcical gotcha-combing of Zimmerman’s very public and proud paper trail. Now, I must add some serious, head-shaking, profound disappointment in the Sanders campaign for what really looks like management amateur hour.
The Torah's picture of one afflicted with leprosy is one of isolation. For me, my four month battle with bed bugs was possibly the loneliest experience of my life. Everything from the self-conflicting instructions on how to prep my apartment to the tortuous fights with my landlords; From the exterminator who refused to tell me what chemicals they were using in my apartment (that didn't work anyway) to the fear that I would be one of those who would still be dealing with the creatures two years later... I was terrified that each treatment in my apartment...would kill me and I was scared to leave my apartment for fear of spreading my infestation elsewhere (which actually rarely happens). And the worst part was, like many others I was ashamed to talk publicly about my situation even though IT WASN'T MY FAULT!
Right Now, an advocate group for Asylum Seekers in Israel, is pleased to co-host with Ameinu, a screening of the film African Exodus in Los Angeles in April. The film, by Brad Rothschild, excellently provides historical and contemporary context for this growing issue, and discusses the current situation in Israel and its “looming humanitarian crisis.”
Add social justice to your Passover seder with these 57 haggadah supplements: racial justice, Israel/Palestine, LGBT, labor, immigration, and more.