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Israeli expats and allies protest the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOpinion

The fight over Israel’s democratic soul began decades ago

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

The Israeli Knesset passed on July 24 — with the votes of all 64 members of the ruling coalition and all 56 members of the opposition absent from the chamber […]

Marnina Schon, a Berkeley-born member of SAG-AFTRA, picketing outside Netflix's Los Angeles office on July 26, 2023. (Photo/Darnell M. Johnson)
Posted inCalifornia

‘There’s no giving up’: Jewish voices from the Hollywood strikes

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and Dan Pine July 26, 2023July 31, 2023
Fran Drescher speaks at the 2018 Arizona Ultimate Women's Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo/Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Why Fran Fine — sorry, Fran Drescher — is the Jewish union queen we all needed

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 17, 2023July 17, 2023
Torsten Ove (left) of the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Adam Reinherz of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle confer on the first day of jury selection for the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial, April 24, 2023. (Photo/Toby Tabachnick)
Posted inU.S.

In an unusual alliance, Jewish media and striking journalists are uniting to cover the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
A demonstration in support of Los Angeles teachers and their union drew 50,000 supporters, March 2014. (Photo/JTA-Flickr-Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association)
Posted inOpinion

Shut up and teach? Why labor unions like mine weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Glenn Sacks by Glenn Sacks and JTA August 10, 2021
Thousands of workers represented by the San Francisco Labor Council in San Francisco for May Day, also known as International Workers Day, May 1, 2021. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inBay Area

Another S.F. labor group considering BDS resolution against Israel

by Gabriel Greschler July 14, 2021August 12, 2021
Eli Timoner stands with his family, including future rabbi Rachel Timoner, on a plane from the airline he founded.
Posted inOpinion

My father’s lesson: Jews must value labor even when they become management

Rabbi Rachel Timoner by Rabbi Rachel Timoner and JTA April 19, 2021
Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia and Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, visit the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama, March 5, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Megan Varner-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S., News

Meet the longtime Jewish labor activist going up against Amazon in Alabama

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 6, 2021
Randi Weingarten during a March 9 Zoom call with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Posted inColumns, Opinion

Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school — and strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA April 5, 2021April 5, 2021
A construction project of Solel Boneh, Israel's first construction comapny, in 1974 (Photo/Wikimedia-Colonel Mike Eldar CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

The laborers and thinkers who gave up everything to build a nation

Michael Brodsky by Michael Brodsky April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

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