JVoices: your jewish wake up call

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A few years ago, I read Devil in the White City, Erik Larson’s non-fiction account of the history of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, complete with architecture, politics, and a murder mystery. Good stuff. But I didn’t realize that the Chicago World’s Fair was also the site, 115 years [...]

Labor Day. For many, a three-day weekend. For some, a reminder of the importance of the labor movement, and the benefits that this movement won for its members, their families and the communities they live in, and indeed the U.S. as a whole. It’s not for nothing that the book is entitled [...]

Folks, every once and awhile I do a reminder/shout out to everyone, to say we’re always looking for new contributors. So, here’s your friendly reminder.
There are plenty of issues to rant about on the Jewish fault lines of our times.
AND, a **big big plug** that I’m especially looking for folks to help with the [...]

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Thirty-eight years ago today, thousands of women nation-wide responded to Jewish feminist Betty Friedan’s call for a Women’s Strike for Equality. In addition to a huge march down New York’s 5th Avenue, women around the country demonstrated in support of three main goals: free abortion on demand, free 24-hour community-controlled child [...]

Don’t you hate it when you accept an invitation to a wedding or bar mitzvah, and then remember that you have tickets for something that same night?
So what do you do? Try to get rid of the tickets? Try to wheedle out of your social obligation? Try to attend both?
Well, after my wife and I [...]

I have been sitting on this post since July 2, 2008. This is a huge issue as far as I am concerned, and a personal one at that. Of course, the news on the state of diaspora relations with Israel doesn’t pause, so I’ve decided that tonight would be [...]

I had a snafu today in editing the comments section, marking what I thought was one comment as spam, but turned out I marked the whole row of comments as spam. Fun for me! Have you ever had to weed through Akismet Spam? Ugh, it’s really not cute. But, I’m going back and retrieving all [...]

During last winter’s three-month strike of the Writer’s Guild of America, JVoices made a show of solidarity by committing to symbolically compensate its writers for posts made from New Year’s Day through June 30. Compensation has begun and eligible contributors have been contacted.
Great blogging, while it may be provided free of charge, requires work. [...]

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Fifteen years ago this week, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman – and the first Jewish woman – to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Considering that of the court’s 110 justices, 7 have been Jewish and only 2 women, Ginsburg’s appointment was no small feat. Of course, all [...]

This week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a resolution “apologizing” for slavery. And the House should be commended, not criticized, for it. [Editorial note: The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen, a Jewish American representing a majority-black Memphis congressional district.]
Unfortunately, ridiculous debates have raged for years amongst political commentators and [...]