News Articles
JFREJ provides a much-needed progressive Jewish voice in a city in which the most prominent Jewish spokespeople are often conservative. JFREJ has received coverage in such media outlets as The New York Times, Newsday, The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, NPR, Jewish Week, and The Jewish Forward. Look below for JFREJ media mentions, as well as press releases and public statements:
Young Jewish Brooklyn, April 29, 2013: Counting the Omer with Locally Grown: Week Six by Marjorie Dove Kent [2]
Zeek, April 10, 2013: The Jewish Push for Immigration Reform: A Q&A with Abby Levine [3]
Mondoweiss, January 30, 2013: From Islamophobic surveillance to 'stop and frisk': Organizers decry criminalization of their communities in NYC [4]
Kolot Chayeinu, January 28, 2013: MLK Day with Kolot & JFREJ [5]
The American Prospect, January 24, 2013: Workers, Not Babysitters [6]
Jewish Currents, December 18, 2012: Kibitznik's Choice: Jews Against Islamophobia [7]
AFL-CIO, December 2012: Just Employers: Park Slope Parents Advocate for Domestic Workers' Rights [8]
The Jewish Daily Forward, November 4, 2012: More Women-Led Groups Picked for Slingshot Guide [9]
buildOn from the field, October 31, 2012: Help New York Respond to Hurricane Sandy [10]
The Jewish Daily Forward, October 25, 2012: Rabbis Pressure Christine Quinn Over Sick Leave [11]
The Nation, October 18, 2012: The War Between the Civilized Man and Pamela Geller [12]
The Huffington Post, October 3, 2012: To Bigotry No Sanction [13]
The American Muslim, September 29, 2012: American Jews Are Speaking Out Against Anti-Muslim Ads [14]
CNN Belief Blog, September 25, 2012: Interfaith Group Protests Ad [15]
Metro, September 25, 2012: 'Racist' Stickers Plastered Over Controversial Subway Station Ads [16]
Metro, September 24, 2012: Cultural Organizations Denounce Ads That Call Jihad 'Savage' [17]
AlterNet, September 21, 2012: Keep an Eye on Some of the Best Organizing Going on in America: 6 Activist Projects to Watch [18]
Mondoweiss, September 20, 2012: 3 NY Jewish groups condemn Pam Geller's 'savages' ad in subways [19]
Jewish Chronicle, September 20, 2012: Occupy Judaism Leads Rosh Hashanah Demonstration [20]
Jewish Currents, June 27, 2012: Kibitznik's Choice: Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [21]
The Nation, June 13, 2012: The Uphill Battle to Enforce Domestic Workers' Rights [22]
JewSchool, May 3, 2012: May First and Repairing the World [23]
San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 2012: Occupy Protesters Take to Streets Amid Music, Gusts of Gas [24]
The Jewish Week, April 26, 2012: The Case Against Ray Kelly [25]
The Village Voice, April 18, 2012: Foreclosure Blockade Activists' "Week of Action" is Indeed Action Packed [26]
The New York World, April 17, 2012: Singing Foreclosure Blockades go to Bronx Auction [27]
The New School, February 7, 2012: How the LES was won. (Or not.) [28]
JewSchool, January 7, 2012: In Memorandum: Adrienne Cooper (1946 - 2011) [29]
The Jewish Week, January 3, 2012: Jewish Leaders Split on Muslim Monitoring [30]
The Jewish Daily Forward, December 29, 2011: Adrienne Cooper Embodied Progressive Spirit [31]
The Jewish Daily Forward, December 26, 2011: Adrienne Cooper, Yiddish Singer, is Dead [32]
The New York Times, October 21, 2011: Cries of Antisemitism, but Not at Zuccotti Park [33]
The Economist, October 19, 2011: La trahison de CPAs [34]
The Jewish Chronicle, October 19, 2011: Wall Street Protest: kosher or racist? [35]
The Huffington Post, October 18, 2011: Occupy Sukkot's Prayer for an Unbalanced World [36]
The Huffington Post, October 18, 2011: The Message and Strategy that is Needed by Occupy Wall Street [37]
Haaretz.com, October 17, 2011: WATCH: Sukkahs Occupy Wall Street [38]
New Voices, October 18, 2011: The Holy Alliance of Occupy Wall Street and DIY Judaism [39]
Young Manhattanite, October 15, 2011: Sukkahs are the new front line in the battle to Occupy NYC and Seattle [40]
The Forward, October 13, 2011: Occupy-ing Sukkahs, Across the Nation [41]
The Forward, October 13, 2011: Occupy Sukkot Across the Country [42] (video)
Tikun Daily, October 12, 2011: Occupy Sukkot – An Expansion of Occupy Wall Street Where Jewish Activism and Civil Disobedience Converge [43]
JTA, October 12, 2011: Occupy Wall Street Protesters have a Sukkah [44]
Peoples Word, October 12, 2011: Hundreds march on the homes of the top 1 percent [45]
JTA, October 11, 2011: Occupy Wall Street Protests Taking on a Jewish Flavor [46]
Beyond the Pale, October 9, 2011: Kol Nidre service at Occupy Wall Street [47]
972Mag, October 8, 2011: A different and momentous Yom Kippur in downtown NY [48]
The Huffington Post, October 7, 2011: Yom Kippur Service Taking Place at Occupy Wall Street [49]
The Jewish Chronicle October 7, 2011: Yom Kippur the Occupy Wall Street [50]
Velvet Park Media, March 19, 2011: Happy Purim [51]
NDTV, June 3, 2010: Paid sick leave, overtime for New York nannies [52]
New York Times, June 2, 2010: For Nannies, Hope for Workplace Protection [53]
Tablet Magazine, February 26, 2010: Unmasked: Has Purim Replaced Passover As the Best Vehicle for Expressing Jewish Identity? [54]
NY1 24-hour Local News, June 23, 2009: Domestic Workers Push for Bill of Rights [55]
WNYC Newsroom, June 11, 2009: Paterson Will Sign "Domestic Workers Bill of Rights" [56]
WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show, June 11, 2009: Crunchtime in Albany: Domestic Workers' Rights [57]
The New York Daily News, April 8, 2009: Give Nannies and Housekeepers the Rights they Deserve: N.Y. Should Lead the Way and Fix Labor Laws [58]
Work and Family Blog , March 4, 2009: The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights [59]
The Jewish Daily Forward, January 21, 2009: The Next Generation: Organizers and Activists Learn the Ropes [60]
GoLeft, July 2008: GoLeft Star Activist Interview: Dara Silverman [61]
Act Now!, June 2, 2008: Kosher Meat Boycott [62]
GoLeft, May 27, 2008: Race and the City or why do the white girls always sit together on television? [63]
The Jewish Week, May 21, 2008: Jewish Rally For Domestic Workers’ Bill Of Rights [64]
MuzzleWatch, April 28, 2008: NYT article and open letter: Debbie Almontaser and the Arab culture school – victims of the proxy battle over Israel and Palestine [65]
New York Magazine, April 21, 2008: If God Is Dead, Who Gets His House? [66]
Jewess, April 4, 2008: Seder in the Streets: Pre-Passover Domestic Workers’ Rights Event [67]
Jorge Ariel Hoffman’s Blog, October 28, 2007: Immigrant Rally Pictures [68]
The Jewish Daily Forward, October 24, 2007: Arab Principal Honored [69]
Communities in Support of KGIA, October 18, 2007: Jewish group honors Debbie Almontaser, former Principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy [70]
Jewess, June 5, 2007: It’s Blog for Domestic Workers’ Day! [71]
New York Daily News, May 31, 2007: Our Domestic Workers Deserve Bill of Rights [72]
Jvoices, April 1, 2007: Passover Galore…social justice haggadot and supplement round up [73]
The New York Times, March 2, 2007: Roti and Homentaschn [74]
Salty Femme, February 26, 2007: queer Purim [75]
The Jewish Week, January 5, 2007: Filling The Void On Domestic Issues
Tikkun, April 7, 2006: Passover of the Immigrant
New Voices Magazine, April 2006: Pushing the Envelope: SVARA Generates Space for Queer and Trans Jews
New Voices Magazine, April 2006: The Jewish Poor
New Voices Magazine, April 2006: New York Jews Fight for Domestic Workers’ Rights
Tikkun, April 12, 2005: Beyond Crown Heights - strategies for overcoming anti-Semitism and racism in New York - Panel Discussion [76]
Zeek: A Journal of Jewish Thought and Culture, October 2004: Empowering Jewish Progressives: An Interview with JFREJ Director Dara Silverman [77]
The Jewish Daily Forward, May 9, 2003: Congregation in Flap Over Activist [78]
The Jewish Week, May 9, 2003: Shapiro Honor Sparks Flap [79]
The Jewish Week, March 29, 2002: Passover Plea on Prisons [80]
People's World, March 2, 2002: Celebration Condemns Death Penalty [81]
The Jewish Week, April 23, 1999: Jewish Groups Shun Diallo Coalition [82]
Chicago Tribune, March 30, 1999: Daily Protests of NY Shooting Keep Political Heat on Giuliani [83]
The New York Times, March 25, 1999: Protests in Police Killing of Diallo Grow Larger, and More Diverse [84]
The Jewish Week, March 26, 1999: Jews Breaking Silence on Diallo Shooting [85]
The New York Times, June 8, 1990: Don’t Test Mandela on Israel [86]
Press Releases from JFREJ
November 13, 2011: Jewish Groups Stand Up for Free Speech at Occupy Wall Street [87]
August 17, 2005: Jewish Group Denounces Hikind’s Call for Racial Profiling - JFREJ Calls for Public Apology from Hikind [88]
August 30, 2004: Progressive Jews to Present Shande (Disgrace) Awards Outside Jewish Republican Gala [89]
August 29, 2004: Progressive Jewish Groups Kick Off Two Days of Protest and Activism at Republican National Convention [90]
July 27, 2004: JFREJ Letter to the New York Times calls for Domestic Worker Bill of Rights [91]
November 19, 2002: JFREJ voices support for Omar Mohammedi as a commissioner with the New York City Human Rights Commission [92]
January 28, 2002: JFREJ's Policy on International Issues [93]
January 18, 2002: Martin Luther King Day Protest of Detention of Immigrants
November 7, 2001: Our Hope: A New Mayor and a New Agenda for all New Yorkers Progressive Jewish Group responds to Mayoral Election
September 13, 2001: JFREJ Responds to the WTC Attacks: Progressive Jewish Organization Condemns WTC Attack, Speaks Out Against Coming Retaliation and Hate.
August 6, 2001: The JFREJ Theater Project -- Romeo & Juliet Fight Back:
Black, Latino, and Jewish Students Perform Original Show, "The Real Deal: Demography & Destiny"
May 30, 2001: Teach-In: "Arabs, Jews, and New York Politics"
Jewish- and Arab-Americans team up to highlight how Arab-Jewish relations are used in NYC politics
February 14, 2001: Broken Hearted Over Edison
Activists confront Schools Chancellor Levy on the privatization of public schools
February 1, 2001: Jews Decry Decision Not to Prosecute Diallo Cops
JFREJ protests U.S. Justice Dept. decision no to file civil rights charges.
December 21, 2000: Modern Day Maccabees Fight Police Brutality.
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Hosts Alternative Chanukah Ceremony
October 2000: Privatized schools would perpetuate race & class privilege
Letter to New York Times by JFREJ Board member Brad Lander cites the dangers of privatization
August 27, 2000: No Justice Yet for Gidone Busch
JFREJ Joins Family to Commemorate One Year Anniversary of Boro Park Police Shooting
July 30, 2000: Don't paint victims of police brutality as aggressors
Challenging the attempts of the NYPD and the Mayor to blame the victims in the Dorismond and Bush cases.
March 10, 2000: Letter to Jewish Week re: Police Brutality organizing
Tying Jews to all other ethnic groups in the struggle against police violence.
August 25, 1999 Solidarity to Oppose Hate Crimes
JFREJ joins Filipino-American community to condemn Los Angeles attacks on Jewish and Filipino communities
March 24, 1999: JFREJ organizes Jewish civil disobedience in Diallo protest
February 18, 1998: NYU Contractor Discriminates Against Chinese Workers
JFREJ calls on the NYU administration to put an immediate end to the exclusion of Chinese workers from jobs at the University Hall construction site.