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social justice

Julian Berkowitz-Sklar
Posted inPhilanthropy

3 Bay Area Jewish teens win $36,000 Diller Teen awards for social justice projects

by Jordan Greene June 28, 2023June 29, 2023

Three Bay Area teenagers have won a 2023 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, a program that recognizes 15 Jewish teen leaders across the United States each year for their commitment […]

University of San Francisco in Nov. 2022. (Photo/Flickr-Michael Fraley CC BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Want be a ‘JEDI’? USF to offer first grad program in Jewish studies and social justice

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 31, 2023
(Photo/Forward-Rob Eshman)
Posted inOpinion

Why Jews should join L.A.’s street vendors struggle

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward November 8, 2021
An all-rabbi Dungeons & Dragons campaign pits a diverse group of Jewish clergy against skeletons, giants and other fantasy creatures. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot)
Posted inGames

Dungeons & Dragons has united a diverse group of rabbis. But their commitment to social justice has faced a challenge.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA September 9, 2021
"Moses Pleading With Israel" from a 1907 postcard
Posted inTorah

Always pursue justice, and you’ll always do your best

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf August 13, 2021August 12, 2021
Camp Swig counselors and CITs, summer 1975. (Photo/Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff).
Posted inLocal Voice

The lasting impact of a 1975 Camp Swig visit to San Quentin prison

Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff by Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff July 21, 2021
A person holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

The Torah has a lot to say about privilege

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 21, 2021May 20, 2021
Muslim volunteers assemble snack and hygiene packs at Masjid-e-Mohammedi in Fremont, part of a day of cooperation between the mosque and Temple Beth Torah, May 2021. (Photo/Mufaddal Ezzy)
Posted inBay Area

Muslims and Jews team up to help unhoused in Fremont

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel May 19, 2021May 25, 2021
(Photo-Justin Elson-Flickr Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

Retired judge: Passover’s message should lead us to criminal justice reform

Ellen Chaitin by Ellen Chaitin March 25, 2021
Jay Rosenblatt, program director at the Jewish Film Institute, discusses films with the youth jury for the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inFilm

New JFI fellowship for teens into films and changing the world

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 18, 2021

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