jkid voices blog
Thank-Sigd-giving
by Erin Beser Years ago, I had the privilege to travel to Ethiopia to visit the local Jewish community. It was inspiring to discover the ways in which our communities are so vastly different from one another, and in other ways, at the same...
Celebrating Bravery on International Women’s Day
by Lisa Litman March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a day to focus on womens’ rights and gender equity, speaking out against oppression, and celebrating the valiant women who fight for justice in our world. The date commemorates a Russian women’s revolution before World...
My Reflections on Being JOC in 2022
by Sarah Kolker Jewish Americans often aligned with African Americans in the social justice fight in protest, coming from a place of shared oppression. In the present day with synagogue bombings and other targeted attacks on Jews, it is a hard line between oppressed and...