As a native Louisianan living in Los Angeles, I often ask fellow progressives about their impressions of the South. The responses range, but almost always include a reference to the region’s overwhelmingly conservative states and counties, as well as its regrettable past defined by Jim Crow and segregation. This is all true, of course, but …
A young member of Congress has emerged as an outspoken ally of Israel during its most recent tumultuous days. Congressman Ritchie Torres is a name that is becoming more and more associated not just with supporting Israel, but also embracing Israel as part of a progressive political platform. He’s a Democrat from the Bronx, but …
“It’s become a very common experience for rabbis, and Jews of really any kind who lean to the left progressively, to find, at the very least, difficulties in progressive circles with the love for Israel,” said Rabbi Menachem Creditor, the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar-in-Residence at UJA-Federation of New York. Among people like him — …
Jewish social justice activists show up for other causes unconditionally – but many find themselves alienated after Israel-Hamas conflict After the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota last year, 27-year-old Zach Schaffer joined the Black Lives Matter protests in New York, locking arms with peers, a sign reading “Jews for …
It’s time to recognize what I’ve long perceived as the thankless world of liberal Jews, who sometimes feel like the sole voice defending Israel among progressive circles. “I’m not looking for recognition or a medal for defending Israel against haters on Twitter,” one of my progressive Jewish friends told me last week, “but I hope …
