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Building a vibrant Jewish Left in NY, fighting arm-in-arm with our neighbors for care not cops. Extremely pro-glitter. https://www.jfrej.org/

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · Jun 26

CALLING ALL JEWS FOR ZOHRAN! Sign up now to pledge to help elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York in November: jfrej.org/jews4zohran

#JewsForZohran #MayorMamdani

Jews for Zohran - Sign up!

Are you a Jew for Zohran? Commit today to help him win in November.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 10h

🚨So many exciting Jews for Zohran field events coming up!! 🥳

🗳️We are less than ONE MONTH away from election day on 11/4‼️ Join us at our next event by heading to jfrej.org/field📋

P.S. make sure to wear your J4Z merch if you got it 😍🧢👕👜

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“JEWS FOR ZOHRAN OCTOBER EVENTS
Talk to Jewish voters with JFREJ about the 2025 Mayoral Election and issues that matter to them!
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JEWS FOR ZOHRAN OCTOBER EVENTS
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Virtual Zoom Call, 6-8pm
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Ditmas Park, 5:30-8:30pm
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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 1d

HANDS OFF TISH JAMES.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 15h

Mazel Tov to JFREJ members Bessie and Alex for passing this legislation in their son’s memory. ❤️‍🩹
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

NYC passes Ben Z's Law, mandating radiator inspections after baby died in steam accident

Ben Z's Law, named for a baby who died in a steam radiator accident in 2024, is heading to the mayor's desk after a supermajority in the NYC Council voted for it.

www.cbsnews.com

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 15h

Check out Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)'s Gaza 5K page! There is still time to join our team this Sunday, October 12th! -

getinvolved.unrwausa.org/team/767232

2025 NYC Gaza 5K

getinvolved.unrwausa.org

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

7/7

The Palestinian people deserve to live in freedom and dignity, full stop. This ceasefire is momentous and only the beginning. The work of repair and accountability has just started, and we will not rest until it’s done.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

6/7

We also know that history did not begin on October 7th and that this ceasefire notwithstanding, the Israeli government has not relinquished its goal of erasing Palestinians from Palestine. Our organizing in solidarity with Palestinian liberation must only grow.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

5/7

Ultimately, we know we have to end the underlying conditions that lead to violence: Israel's brutal military occupation. Over the last two years, we have witnessed the unconscionable cruelty that fellow humans are capable of inflicting - and our government's complicity in enabling it.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

4/7

As New Yorkers who have organized alongside immigrant, Muslim, and Palestinian communities for 35 years, we know that true safety and thriving come through real solidarity - not isolation or domination. We commit to collective liberation by building a future where all people can live with genuine freedom, safety, and self-determination.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

3/7

Last week our community observed Yom Kippur, and the lessons of atonement from that day still ring in our ears, reminding us that there is no path to healing without accountability. Those who enabled and defended this destruction in the name of Jewish safety must be held to account - starting from the very top.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

2/7

But we also feel the weight of what is left to do, and what cannot be undone - the lives that could have been saved and the destruction prevented if we had reached this moment sooner. Today, Gaza is devastated beyond recognition - homes, hospitals, schools, mosques, and entire families destroyed. We know that destruction on this scale leaves wounds that last generations.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d

In response to the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, please read the following statement from our Executive Director Audrey Sasson ❤️‍🩹 (1/7)

After two years of heartbreak and devastation, we are filled with relief and hope today. A ceasefire is a desperately needed first step to end the genocide, allow humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, and reunite the hostages - Israeli and Palestinian - with their families.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 2d

Black Jewish Liberation Collective members reported increased marginalization after #October7 so they surveyed #BlackJews on lived experiences amidst political polarization. Here is what they found. www.blackjewishliberation.org/survey

Following the events of October 7, 2025, Black Jewish Liberation Collective heard from members around the world reporting increased and complex experiences of marginalization. From October 2024 - January 2025, BLJC surveyed a diverse sample of Black Jews from across the U.S. and Europe about their lived experiences amidst increased political polarization. BLJC received 100+ responses.

BLJC survey of Black Jews lived experiences post-October 7: "The way in which much of [white] Jewish community has turned from barely doing antiracism work domestically wholly toward Israel and self-protection is so discouraging, especially as the racism within Jewish community is so severe."

FINDINGS, BLJC survey of Black Jews lived experiences post-October 7: - In Jewish spaces, nearly a third of respondents reported feeling increased marginalization due to unquestioning support for the Israeli government's actions in Gaza or denial of Palestinians' humanity. - A quarter of respondents indicated they specifically felt increased marginalization in synagogue. - One in ten respondents indicated challenges to how welcome Jewish communities feel, and feeling unwelcome in more explicitly Jewish left and progressive spaces.

Recommendations, BLJC survey of Black Jews lived experiences post-October 7: - Prioritize antiracism and antisemitism training for staff and community members. Dismantle racist preoccupation with "Black antisemitism." - Recognize Black Jews - and all Jews in the diaspora - are safer in a deeply interconnected, multiracial, multicultural context of mural solidarity. - Resource Black Jewish groups and organizations inside and outside your community - Amplify Black Jewish Leadership

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 3d

And we know that there are so many more of us who believe in the shared humanity of all people than the governments and institutions who claim to represent us would have us believe.” —JFREJ Deputy Director Shifra Sered

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 3d

I grieve with all of you here today who lost loved ones before, during and after October 7th. We know that our grief is expansive and does not stop at any borders.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 3d

The scale of destruction, the collective punishment that has been wrought on the Palestinian people is unfathomable. It is unconscionable. And it is being done, as we all know, in our name and with our tax dollars.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 3d

“While we stand together holding the grief and loss of October 7th and the violence that predated it, we also acknowledge and forcefully condemn what has come after it- the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 3d

As we commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the atrocities of October 7th, we do so while recommitting to bringing about an end to the ongoing and worsening genocide in Gaza. We invite you to listen to the full remarks of JFREJ Deputy Director, Shifra Sered, excerpted below:

Two sets of hands holding memorial candles

the attendees of Israelis for Peace second October 7th memorial vigil

Councilmember Shahana Hanif, City Comptroller Brad Lander, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams lighting each others memorial candles

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 5d

Proud to see JFREJ member Phyllis Arnold's take on the importance of care in this mayoral election highlighted in the @nytimes.com Friday

To the Editor:

Re “Child Care for All Gets a New Look” (Business, Sept. 25):

It is refreshing to see the prospect of universal child care cast as a driver of economic growth and development as women enter or return to the work force.

While I have nothing against children (I have two of them myself), it is a mistake to limit the analysis of costs and benefits to the early childhood end of the spectrum.

Caregiving, especially care for older adults and disabled people, imposes the same burdens on families as the lack of affordable child care. It takes caregivers, primarily women, out of the work force and reduces lifetime earnings and disposable income. Indeed, some three in 10 New York City voters over 40 are now caring or have cared for an older family member.

I salute Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, for centering affordable child care in his campaign and hope that it will plant the seeds for the indispensability of care across the life span.

Phyllis Arnold
Brooklyn

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 7d

Our hearts are with the Jewish community of Manchester ❤️‍🩹

Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 7d

My comrade + Jewish sister Em Hilton has shared these words. I wholeheartedly agree with everything she has to say, including (in the next set of posts) her advice to log off and interrogate your own prejudices. I've seen some of the comments she describes on my own posts. (1/2)

This last 24 hours have been wretched. The attack in Manchester is horrific antisemitic violence. My heart goes out to the community, the victims and their family and friends. No Jewish person should face or risk violence going to synagogue or participating in Jewish life. Thank you to everyone who reached out and checked in.

The worst outcome of this attack would be for it to be used as justification for further divide and rule politics: increased surveillance and policing of muslim communities, further attacks on the Palestine movement, increased police powers et al. Acknowledging this likely scenario (Tommy Robinson is already in full swing) does not take away from the grief and fear so many Jews are feeling today.

Rather, we must understand how our grief is politicised by those who care very little about our actual wellbeing, to degrade and target others. We must say loudly and clearly that this is unacceptable. The only way we defeat racialised violence is by fighting for a world we look out for each other, where our safety and wellbeing is seen as intertwined.

The UK is increasingly a hostile place to minorities and marginalised communities. Muslim communities, asylum seekers, trans folks, and Jewish communities are all at risk from the far-right resurgence, extremism and a Government that prefers fuelling culture wars than building a clear alternative to this racist and violent politics. We are in dire straits.

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 7d

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 8d

Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.

We are heartbroken to emerge from Yom Kippur into news of the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester. No one should face violence for attending synagogue services and our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
For many in our community, this news may only just be reaching you after a day spent in prayer, reflection, and fasting. To be confronted with such awfulness in this moment is particularly painful: please know that you are not alone.

In moments like this, it is vital that our communities - Jewish and non-Jewish alike hold one another close. Our safety and liberation depend on solidarity between all those who are marginalised and targeted, and we must not allow those who seek to divide us to succeed. Every person deserves to live, gather, and worship in safety and dignity. We condemn this act of violence unequivocally, and restate our commitment to building a world where this kind of horror is no longer possible.

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Office of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 7d

Grateful to Rabbis for Ceasefire, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social and the other organizers of yesterday's mass mourning and collective atonement at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Let us steady and care for one another, and persevere together. #YomKippur

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 9d

As we prepare for Yom Kippur, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social ED Audrey Sasson & Rabbi Avigayil Halperin study several Jewish texts, exploring what teshuvah looks like for the crime of crimes, and what accountability could mean for complicit Jewish leadership.

Study guide also available at the link.

Is It Possible to Atone for Genocide?

An investigation through Jewish text on responsibility and culpability in the face of mass death.

jewishcurrents.org

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 9d

G’mar Chatima Tova, please read this interview with our Executive Director Audrey Sasson as we grapple with the state of the world during these Days of Awe ❤️ jewishcurrents.org/is-it-possib...

Is It Possible to Atone for Genocide?

An investigation through Jewish text on responsibility and culpability in the face of mass death.

jewishcurrents.org

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 11d

If you are interested in electing a mayor whose skills extend beyond incredible one-liners check out jfrej.org/events and join our next Jews for Zohran canvass! More details coming soon.

Events

Discover upcoming events with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ). Join us for community gatherings, workshops, and actions focused on justice,…

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