1. To-Do List for the Social Justice Movement: Cultivate Compassion, Emphasize Connections & Mourn Losses (Don’t Just Celebrate Triumphs)
  2. Housing & Resistance: Why Affordable Housing Remains a Struggle
  3. Sustaining Resistance: How My Everyday Practices Make My Everyday Activism Possible

Her Brilliant Career: Luise Rainer won the Best Actress Oscar for ‘The Great Ziegfeld’ and ‘The Good Earth.’

Our Oscar Winner

By Benjamin Ivry

Luise Rainer, who died at age 104, stood up to fascism and won Oscars in back to back years. Benjamin Ivry remembers the Jewish diva’s turbulent career.


'Werewolf' a Tall Story

'Werewolf' a Tall Story

By Lior Zaltzman

Heard the story about the Argentinian president adopting a Jewish boy to stop him from turning into a werewolf? If it sounded too weird to be true, it was.


'Pinkwashing' Is So Wrong

'Pinkwashing' Is So Wrong

By Jay Michaelson

Some claim that Israel is so progressive on gay rights that it deserves uncritical support on other issues. Jay Michaelson explains why the concept is offensive to him.


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