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Students from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools School for Advanced Studies protest during a statewide walkout in protest of censorship and the state's rapidly changing education policies in Miami, Florida, April 21, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
May 12, 2023, 10:43 am
Florida rejects Holocaust textbooks for falling afoul of ‘woke’ education ban
Works vetoed over reference to banned ‘special topics,’ another book forced to alter question asking which ‘social justice’ issues can be found in Hebrew Bible
By Andrew Lapin
Marjorie Margolies with adopted daughters Lee Heh and Holly in this undated photo. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2022, 3:01 am
Clinton in-law and former House rep talks about small kindness and raising a village
In her new memoir/parenting guide ‘And How are the Children?,’ Marjorie Margolies describes the diverse family she cobbled together while fighting for social equality
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: T'ruah Rabbi Ariel Stone, holding megaphone, at a social justice rally in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Stone)
February 4, 2022, 4:45 pm
A new kind of chaplain? US Jewish clergy train to support social justice activists
T’ruah partners with the Faith Matters Network on a new course in ‘movement chaplaincy,’ which seeks to provide a spiritual anchor for protesters who face the ‘pain of the world’
By Danielle Ziri
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster spent a decade with the human rights group T’ruah, including years advocating on behalf of farmworkers. Earlier this year, she left to become the executive vice president of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. (Courtesy of Kahn-Troster/ via JTA)
June 21, 2021, 3:20 am
Rabbi wants US Jews to be more involved in boardroom battles for social justice
Executive VP of the ICCR, a group of 300 institutions controlling $4 trillion in assets, Rachel Kahn-Troster says the Jewish community can pressure companies to act more ethically
By Asaf Shalev
Pro-Israel LGBTQ activists with the Jewish group Zioness protest a ban of Star of David flags at the Dyke March in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)
May 31, 2021, 3:24 pm
As antisemitic violence sweeps US, progressive Zionists jostle for space on left
Jewish social justice activists show up for other causes unconditionally – but many find themselves alienated after Israel-Hamas conflict
By Danielle Ziri
Bret Stephens at a Christians United for Israel summit in Washington on July 13, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
May 6, 2021, 8:45 am
50 prominent Jewish Americans sign letter panning ‘social justice ideology’
The signatories, decrying alleged stifling of free debate in US, include prominent conservative writers Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss, as well as academics, authors and rabbis
By Asaf Shalev
Israeli startup AnyVision uses artificial intelligence to recognize faces, bodies and objects for security and other purposes. (YouTube screenshot)
April 21, 2021, 4:27 pm
US firms said using Israeli tech for controversial facial recognition
AnyVision system touted as improving security and preventing crime, but social rights activists say practice infringes on privacy, could hurt marginalized groups
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia leaves the podium as Mahdi Bray, Executive Director of Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom, is seen at rear at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Aug. 17, 2010 (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
November 16, 2020, 4:06 am
87-year-old activist rabbi: Shifting world is perfect place to practice balance
Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow offers new words to old prayers to mirror a turbulent reality in ‘Dancing in God’s Earthquake,’ his 28th book
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A voter, right, checks in with an election worker before casting her ballot in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia, June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 26, 2020, 4:18 am
How US Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020
Mobilizing legal teams to report voter suppression, educating voters and helping people get signed up, the organizations say they are united in fighting minority disenfranchisement
By Ron Kampeas
Ira Glasser speaks in this still from 'Mighty Ira.' (Courtesy)
October 2, 2020, 3:22 am
Film explores why a Jewish former ACLU head defended Nazis’ right to free speech
In ‘Mighty Ira,’ streaming Oct. 9, activist lawyer sticks to his guns about Skokie march, a defining moment of his 34-year career — and befriends a Holocaust survivor who opposed
By Jordan Hoffman
Sara Loffman of the Challah Back Girls weighing the options -- coffee crumb or chocolate chip. (Courtesy)
September 14, 2020, 4:01 am
New Jersey’s Challah Back Girls raise dough for racial justice
Finding themselves under one roof again in COVID-19 era, the Loffman sisters use ingredients at hand — flour and Jewish values — to raise funds for charitable anti-racist causes
By Cathryn J. Prince
Nylssa Portillo Moreno, a Jewish immigrant detained by ICE, was released following an activist campaign that included national Jewish organizations. (Photo illustration/ JTA)
August 7, 2020, 10:39 am
Jewish woman released from ICE custody following national advocacy campaign
Nylssa Portillo Moreno arrived in the US aged 8 in 1993; held since December and originally slated to be deported this week, rights groups say she was denied kosher food in custody
By Ben Sales
Hannah Alper with the 10th grade class at an all-girls secondary school in Kenya during a service trip with the organization Me to We, June 2016. (Courtesy)
July 17, 2020, 9:51 pm
Meet Canada’s 17-year-old Jewish ‘Greta Thunberg’ who says activism is a mitzvah
Where many see the world going down the tubes, Hannah Alper sees opportunity to improve — and wields considerable clout after starting her blogging career at the ripe old age of 9
By Robert Sarner
A homeless woman is seen sleeping on the street of Skid Row during the COVID-19, coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California on May 16, 2020. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)
July 4, 2020, 5:02 am
Jewish groups turn parking lots into safe lodging for thousands of LA homeless
Three congregants at a Reform synagogue form Safe Parking LA, which offers a place to sleep, recharge devices and shower in the US area most stricken with homelessness
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Social worker and health care chaplain Chava Monastersky staffs the interfaith chaplaincy at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle. (Gregory Gutterman Scruggs/Times of Israel)
June 23, 2020, 11:44 pm
In Seattle’s protest zone, rabbis at chaplaincy table create new rituals
In the middle of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), a cadre of rabbis hold a havdallah service, foster interfaith community, and try to make spaces welcoming to all Jews
By Gregory Gutterman Scruggs
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