Tag Archives: social justice

  • Summer of ’89

    9 October 2013
  • Women of the Wall, Judaism, and you!

    9 October 2013

    I want your help to bolster Israel’s women’s rights movement. You can bolster this front-line work by demonstrating the depth of support for the notion that women should be full partners in modern Jewish life.

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  • Torah and Half-a-Torah

    8 October 2013
  • Taking Our Place: Faye Moskowitz

    8 October 2013
  • Jewish and Arab Fans Join Together to Kick Racism Out of Soccer

    3 October 2013

    Dozens of Arab and Jewish fans met before the opening match of Israel’s new soccer season to prepare anti-racism banners. The fans of Hapoel Tel Aviv and from the Arab city of Sakhnin also discussed the need for shared society and tolerance. The fans’ banners were prevalent in the stands as the players came onto the field wearing “Football for All” shirts in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. The players then kicked “Respect” balls, donated by the Union of European Football Associations, into the crowd.

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  • A More Progressive Budget

    8 August 2013

    On a mission to ensure a progressive state budget and social safety net, the Social Budget Forum has been hard at work in and out of the halls of Knesset.

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  • To At Least Reach the Glass Ceiling

    7 August 2013

    One Mizrachi activist is making a major difference in the lives of women, the Mizrachi community, and for social justice.

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  • Israel’s Affordable Housing Protest Catches Fire

    28 July 2011

    A huge wave of protests against the high cost of housing, begun with a single ‘tent city’ in Tel Aviv, has forced the Netanyahu government to offer immediate changes in government policy. The protests have dominated Israel’s media headlines over the past 10 days.

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  • Human Rights March & Pluralism Event Dramatize Progressive Voices in Israel

    14 December 2009

    Jerusalem, Israel.  With support from the New Israel Fund, thousands marched by daylight, and hundreds lit candles at dusk, in a spirited show of support for human rights and religious tolerance in Israel.  In a two-day span, the events demonstrated that many Israelis are recommitting themselves to the Jewish and universal values of freedom, dissent and sustaining democracy.

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  • A Different Approach to Israeli Poverty

    15 December 2008

    1 in 3 Israeli children live below the poverty line. An appalling statistic for a country whose economy continues to soar, yet the poor just get poorer.

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