Interview: Who's Behind Treyf Podcast?
Last July, two leftist Jews had a debateably Jewish idea: a podcast about Jewish media and politics out of Canada. Sam Bick and David Zinman launched Treyf Podcast and have since produced over 15...
View ArticleGoodbye 5776 — Hello to a new year of Jewish activism
The editorial board and contributors at Jewschool wish everyone meaningful Yom Kippur. Goodbye, 5776. And hello to 5777, a new year of progressive Jewish activism and opinion. The post Goodbye 5776 —...
View ArticleThe Resilience of Peace Activism in Dark Times
The next four years appear bleak for the many American Jews who had hoped for closure on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict under the Obama administration. Expectations for any sort of progress toward...
View ArticleJewschool Endorses the Women's March on Washington
As Jews and as Americans, we have looked on in dismay as immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ people, Native people, Black and Brown people, women, and people with disabilities have been vilified, threatened,...
View ArticleRemembering 103 Years of Jessie Zel Lurie
Jessie Zel Lurie began his interview with Aliza Becker for the American Jewish Peace Archive with these words: “I am 101 years old. I still write a column for The Jewish Journal of South Florida. We...
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Jewschool is throwing a fundraiser!!
Please join us on Sunday July 11 at 12pm EDT for our first-ever fundraising event, featuring Rebecca Strober, Director of Education for the groundbreaking Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence, providing a...
View ArticleEradicating Amalek Within
The mitzvah of erasing Amalek, to my mind, is an aspect of Judaism that can only be salvaged by turning its gaze inward, to remember the evil qualities that Amalek represents – self-worship and...
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How to Deradicalize a Movement
By: Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon I’ve been a public Jewish critic of male infant circumcision since I released my first feature-length documentary, Cut: Slicing Through The Myths of Circumcision (2007). Over...
View ArticleThe Day After for the American Jewish Community
Someday, hopefully soon, maybe not so soon, this war will be over. Even President Biden and Vice President Harris have—though wanly and unconvincingly—called for a temporary cease fire. The question...
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