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Social Justice

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Con­nect­ing with the Enemy
Sheila H. Katz
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Gertrude Weil: Jew­ish Pro­gres­sive in the New South
Leonard Rogoff
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How Does the ​“Jus­tice Sys­tem” Work for You?

Julia Dahl is the author of the Rebekah Roberts nov­els, the lat­est of which, Con­vic­tion, comes out this week. Julia is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week…
Julia Dahl
March 27, 2017
Essay

What My Nazi Great-Grand­fa­ther Taught Me About the Oblig­a­tion to Act

Ursu­la Werner
March 6, 2017
Essay

How Jew­ish Was Ernes­tine Rose?

Bon­nie S. Anderson
January 25, 2017
Essay

Agi­tate! Agi­tate! Ernes­tine Rose and the Age of Trump

Bon­nie S. Anderson
January 23, 2017
Essay

My Sioux-kot, Part III

Emi­ly Bowen Cohen’s mini-com­ic An Amer­i­can Indi­an Guide to the Day of Atone­ment recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native Amer­i­can fam­i­ly and her reflec­tion on…
Emi­ly Bowen Cohen
December 22, 2016
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Chang­ing the World from the Inside Out: A Jew­ish Approach to Per­son­al and Social Change
David Jaffe
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My Sioux-kot, Part II

Ear­li­er this week, Emi­ly Bowen Cohen intro­duced the con­flict she felt between her Amer­i­can Indi­an and Jew­ish iden­ti­ties dur­ing the protests at Stand­ing Rock, North…
Emi­ly Bowen Cohen
December 21, 2016
Essay

My Sioux-kot, Part I

Emi­ly Bowen Cohen’s recent mini-com­ic An Amer­i­can Indi­an Guide to the Day of Atone­ment recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native Amer­i­can fam­i­ly and her…
Emi­ly Bowen Cohen
December 19, 2016
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Turned Inside Out: Read­ing the Russ­ian Nov­el in Prison
Steven Shankman
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Cast­ing Lots: Cre­at­ing a Fam­i­ly in a Beau­ti­ful, Bro­ken World
Susan Sil­ver­man
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The Hands of Peace: A Holo­caust Survivor’s Fight for Civ­il Rights in the Amer­i­can South
Marione Ingram
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Excerpt: Sis­ters in Law

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Lin­da Hirshman
August 27, 2015
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Mis­sis­sip­pi, Mon Amour

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Mar­i­one Ingram
August 20, 2015
Essay

Social Con­cern and Left Pol­i­tics in Jew­ish Amer­i­can Art

Matthew Baigell is Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus in the Depart­ment of Art His­to­ry at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty. He is the author of numer­ous books, includ­ing Amer­i­can Artists,…
Matthew Baigell
June 29, 2015
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