What Have JFREJ Members Been Up To Lately?
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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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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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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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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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Panel Discussion: What The Jewish Left Learned from Occupy
Watch the panel discussion hosted by Jewish Currents & Haymarket Books, ft. JFREJ Executive Director Audrey Sasson
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Webinar: Antisemitism In New York City 2021: What’s Really Happening?
Leo Ferguson, JFREJ Director of Special Projects and lead author of the Understanding Antisemitism paper, speaks on a p…
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Jewish Currents: What the Jewish Left Learned From Occupy
"Folks who were looking to build a new kind of Jewish institution—with wildly different politics and ways of working fr…
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New Yorkers to Mayor De Blasio: Implement NYTWA's Debt Forgiveness Plan!
The Jewish Vote signed onto an open letter from the Muslim Democratic Club of NY calling on Mayor De Blasio to listen t…
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