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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Protesters at a Jewish solidarity march in New York City on January 5, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images via JTA)
January 9, 2025, 3:34 am
Realizing old tactics aren’t enough, US Jewish groups use science to fight antisemitism
Organizations such as the ADL are finding that calling attention to Jew hatred isn’t working to stem it, as the focus shifts to actively reversing the alarmingly growing trend
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Attendees at a left-wing Jewish rally mourn Israelis and Palestinians killed in the war caused by Palestinian terror group Hamas's October 2023 terror attack on Israel, during a memorial event at Union Square, New York, on October 7, 2024. (Julia Gergely)
October 8, 2024, 2:09 pm
In NYC, Jews gather together — but apart — to mark one year since Oct. 7 attack
Events feature prayers but also protests, with some focusing on the horrors of the Hamas massacre while others also highlight the plight of Palestinians
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L), Democrat of New York; US Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (C) from Vermont and US Representative Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, attend a 'Get Out The Vote' rally on the weekend before the Democratic Primary in New York, June 22, 2024. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
June 23, 2024, 7:56 am
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez slam AIPAC funding of rival at Bowman rally in NYC
New York’s 16th District Congressman says opponent George Latimer and US-Israel lobby group are ‘destroying our democracy’; war on Hamas a key talking point
By Luke Tress
Simrand Thind holds a Leave it Blank flyer outside of Masjid Al-Abidin on March 29, 2024 in the Queens Borough of New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images via AFP)
April 5, 2024, 8:24 am
Pro-Palestinian protest vote campaign in New York claims victory against Biden
Success of ‘Leave it Blank’ push for Democratic primary hard to judge as official data not released yet, turnout low; vote analysis group says 12% of ballots left blank
By Luke Tress
Rep. Jamaal Bowman cries at a vigil outside the White House to demand that US President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, November 29, 2023. (Nathan Howard/AP Photo)
January 30, 2024, 9:33 am
J Street pulls Jamaal Bowman endorsement over anti-Israel rhetoric since October 7
Left-wing lobby group says Democratic New York Congressman, seeking reelection, has ‘crossed the line’ with his ‘framing and approach,’ including genocide accusation
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
Members of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, including in the front row April Baskin, on the far right and Leo Ferguson, third from right, march as part of a Jews4BlackLives protest in New York in 2016. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/ via JTA)
July 18, 2020, 2:11 am
US Jewish recognition of Jews of color took decades of sweat, blood and tears
With the BLM movement center stage, many Jewish organizations move to make communities more welcoming — but that’s no coincidence: such initiatives have been decades in the making
By Josefin Dolsten
Screen grab from 'Next Year,' part of 'Saturday Night Seder' broadcast April 2020 (Screen grab/YouTube)
July 1, 2020, 8:56 am
‘Saturday Night Seder’ songs on sale to make cash for charity
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice will get the proceeds from sales of ‘When You Believe’ and ‘Next Year’ from the home-taped Passover special to aid virus relief efforts
By Gabe Friedman
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) helps light a candle at a Hannukah celebration on December 9, 2018 ( Jews for Racial & Economic Justice/Twitter)
December 10, 2018, 8:52 am
Ocasio-Cortez tells Hannukah party she has Sephardi roots
Newly elected US congresswoman says her ancestors fled to Puerto Rico during Spanish Inquisition
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) helps light a candle at a Hannukah celebration on December 9, 2018 ( Jews for Racial & Economic Justice/Twitter)
December 10, 2018, 2:44 am
Ocasio-Cortez learns the hora at Hannukah celebration
The newly elected Democratic Congresswoman lights candles with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice in Queens
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz was the founding director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. (Leslie Cagan via Facebook/JTA)
July 13, 2018, 12:44 am
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Jewish activist for racial equality, dies at 73
Essayist and poet, Brooklyn native said her Jewish upbringing helped motivate her activism
By JTA
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