Morning Jew: Tackling Rhetoric (and Anti-Semitism)
Get behind the headlines with comics Heather Gold and Katie Halper. This week, how American Jews talk about the Middle East and the Eggshell Walk, including acronyms like PEP, short for “progressive...
View ArticleLabor Day: Who Steps Up for Justice in the Death of Maria Fernandes & Too...
Maria Fernandes was a hard worker. Not just at her job. At her three jobs, including shifts at three different Dunkin’ Donuts. Our sacred text is clear: “measure the distance to the cities which are...
View ArticleThe Truth About the “Border Crisis”: How Partisan Politics Hurt Children
This weekend, the White House announced that President Obama will not seek to fix our broken immigration system before the November elections. These children are fleeing peril and seeking safety in the...
View ArticleDC DISPATCH Hold Your Breath: Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Worth Watching
You could be forgiven if you perused the docket for the 2014-15 US Supreme Court term and yawned. To be sure, there are important cases, but the lineup so far lacks the hot-button attention-grabbers,...
View ArticleThe Slingshot Guide Turns 10: Questions for Will Schneider
Earlier this week, the Slingshot Fund released its annual Slingshot Guide, a “resource for Jewish innovation.” We reached out to Will Schneider, executive director of Slingshot, to talk about how the...
View ArticleUrgent: Voters Needed. More Urgent: Overturning Laws that Disenfranchise...
Midterm elections are just days away. And like many in my community, I’m doing my part to get out the vote. We’re making calls, knocking on doors, and — because Minnesotans can register to vote on...
View ArticleA Personal Reflection: After Election Day, Moving On
No matter what the pundits and polls say, there is often a moment early on during marathon Election Night coverage when those of us glued to the TV and Twitter decide it may not be so bad after all –-...
View ArticleThe Other Great American Divide: Pushing Economic Justice Forward
Midway through the day of the Morning After, it’s sinking in that next year in the United States of America, there will much more red from sea to shining sea. Instead of focusing on how the current...
View ArticleHere’s Why Compromise IS the Wrong Strategy
One of the sound bites we’ve suddenly started hearing a lot since Election Day is about how politicians will start working together to address our nation’s problems. The word mentioned the most?...
View ArticleWhy the Jewish Now (and Future) Can’t Be Confined to the Paradigms of the Past
“Give me ten emesdike yiddin and I will change the world.”: A response to Jack Wertheimer and Steven M. Cohen’s “The Shrinking Jewish Middle.” Any middle only exists in relation to the margins that...
View ArticleLetter From Missouri: Why I Stand With the Ferguson Protestors
The past three months have challenged us to “walk the walk” as a congregation. As a community that embraces Jews of color, and has always been committed to challenging the injustices of racism in St....
View ArticleThe Jew in the Street: A New ZEEK Column About Standing Up for Justice
Fathers, mothers, children, raising barricades, Workers’ battalions taking to the streets. Father left home early, to the factory gone, Won’t be coming home to us any time too soon. The kids know well...
View Article#ThisStopsToday: A Response to the Eric Garner Decision
It’s hard not to agree with Jon Stewart’s now-viral, four-letter-word reaction to a Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who killed Eric Garner, an unarmed black...
View ArticleHousing & Resistance: Why Affordable Housing Remains a Struggle
In New York City, the place I call home, activism and housing are virtually synonymous. It’s not just that our city has a historic tradition of rent strikes and never tore down its public housing. It’s...
View ArticleNearly 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Here's One Conversation American...
Will you take the Jew in the Street challenge for 2015?
View ArticleEnough With the Post-Paris Blame Game Already: Stop Finger Pointing, Start...
In the aftermath of the brutal attacks in Paris last week, not to mention the horrific slaughter in Nigeria, we’re hearing the same sound bytes from the same sources. Conservatives questioning where...
View ArticleThe Power of Service Can Transform Community, When Rooted in Strong...
For volunteering to have a substantive impact on a community or issue area, writes Repair the World:NYC’s Cindy Greenberg, it has to be rooted in partnership, done with — not for — the community....
View ArticleDeepening Our Days of Service
To make a measurable impact on major societal issues, writes AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corp’s acting executive director, service simply isn’t enough. To really address the root causes of these issues,...
View ArticleTalking About Race, Identity & Making Noise with Amani Hayes-Messinger
Thanks to Amani Hayes-Messinger, a thoughtful dialogue is taking root around how people approach conversations about race and identity. In her new video,”How do you ask someone about their race?” she...
View ArticleWe're on Hiatus!
Thanks for noticing that ZEEK’s been awfully quiet – especially when there’s so much going on. Here’s why: We’re on hiatus as we explore new partnerships and possibilities for ZEEK’s future. A huge...
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