Trans Day of Remembrance 2021
November 20, 2021 is the annual Trans Day of Remembrance/Resilience, when we honor the memory of those killed in acts o…
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JFREJ Responds to NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer's Threat to Divest from Ben & Jerry's
We hear the echoes of McCarthyism loud and clear. We call on all of our elected officials to stop pandering long enough…
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#Antisemitism
Remembering Beloved JFREJ Member Jessica Faye Hirsch (z"l)
JFREJ and The Jewish Vote are shattered by the recent death of member Jessica Faye Hirsch (Penina Rachel bat Esther v'D…
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International Street Vendor Day!
JFREJ is participating in NYC's first-ever street vendor scavenger hunt to raise money for our friends at the Street Ve…
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#Culture & Ritual
#Worker Power
What Have JFREJ Members Been Up To Lately?
Watch the Fall 2021 Membership Assembly Slideshow
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#Program Updates
The Jewish Vote Continues a Century-Long Legacy of NYC Jewish Left Organizing
NYC's first Muslim woman in City Council, the first JFREJ member elected to citywide office, and more.
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JFREJ Members Join Hunger Strike to #EndCabbieDebt
The New York Taxi Workers Association and allies are on a hunger strike to demand debt relief from the city.
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#Worker Power
Climate Activists Shut Down FDR & West Side Highway - The Jewish Week via JTA
"The Manhattan highways protest was organized by Sunrise Movement NYC, in collaboration with JFREJ, Extinction Rebellio…
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30+ Climate Activists Arrested Blocking Major NYC Highways, Demand Biden Include Climate in Build Back Better Plan
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice joined Sunrise Movement NYC, Extinction Rebellion NYC, and Free Our Future NYC for t…
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JFREJ hits back against Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres in new Jewish Currents piece
"The Bronx councilman struck a deal behind closed doors, agreeing to revise the bill so that NYPD officers would no lon…
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#Freedom to Thrive
#Holding Police Accountable
New Yorkers Remind Schumer: It's #TimeToDeliver
New Yorkers Rally in Brooklyn to demand Schumer delivers on the care economy, immigration, housing, infrastructure, cli…
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#Care & Caregiving
Hey Alma: This Jewish Artist Examines the World’s Biggest Problems — With Flowcharts
Rachel Schragis has grappled with Occupy Wall Street, Amazon, and climate change. Now, she's taken on antisemitism.
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#Antisemitism