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Essay My Sioux-kot, Part I Emily Bowen Cohen’s recent mini-comic An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement recounts her reunion with her long-lost Native American family and her… Emily Bowen Cohen December 19, 2016
Nonfiction The Hands of Peace: A Holocaust Survivor’s Fight for Civil Rights in the American South Marione Ingram
Essay Social Concern and Left Politics in Jewish American Art Matthew Baigell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art History at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous books, including American Artists,… Matthew Baigell June 29, 2015
Essay What Is Tzedakah? Earlier this week, Talia Carner wrote about growing up as a a seventh-generation sabra among the Second Generation of Holocaust survivors in Israel, thereby… Talia Carner June 3, 2015
Essay Internal Dialogue: What’s With All the Social Justice Seders? Posted by Nat BernsteinI’m afraid to admit it, but I have little patience for Passover. Almost none. And the seder least of all.Don’t get me wrong: I observe the… Nat Bernstein April 9, 2015
Essay The Knish as an Instrument of Social Justice Laura Silver is the author of the book Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food and an award-winning journalist whose writing on food and culture has appeared in The New… Laura Silver January 19, 2015
Nonfiction Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community Jill Jacobs
Nonfiction Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary Bill Strickland with Vince Rause
