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Index Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) is an American left-wing non-profit grassroots Jewish organization.[1]

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  1. 59 relations: Abby Stein, Abolish ICE, Adrienne Cooper, African-American Jews, Ai-jen Poo, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Alisa Solomon, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, American Left, Andrew Cuomo, Anti-Defamation League, Antisemitism in the United States, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter protests in New York City, Brad Lander, Chuck Schumer, Defund the police, Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights, Eliot Engel, George Floyd, George Floyd protests in New York City, Green New Deal, Jamaal Bowman, Jennifer S. Hirsch, Jewish left, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jews Against White Nationalism, Jews of color, Jonathan Greenblatt, Judith Plaskow, Julia Salazar, Juneteenth, Killing of Amadou Diallo, Killing of Eric Garner, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Monsey Hanukkah stabbing, Muammar Gaddafi, National Domestic Workers Alliance, NBC News, Nelson Mandela, New York (state), New York City, New York City Council, New York City Police Department, New York's 16th congressional district, Nonprofit organization, Palestine Liberation Organization, Passover Seder, Presidency of Donald Trump, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. Jewish anti-occupation groups
  3. Jewish anti-racism
  4. Socialism in New York (state)

Abby Stein

Abby Chava Stein (born October 1, 1991) is an Israeli-American transgender author, rabbi, activist, blogger, model, and speaker.

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Abolish ICE

Abolish ICE is a political movement that seeks the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Adrienne Cooper

Adrienne Cooper (September 1, 1946 – December 25, 2011) was a Yiddish singer, musician and activist who was integral to the contemporary revival of klezmer music.

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African-American Jews

African-American Jews are people who are both African American and Jewish.

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Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo (born 1974) is an American labor activist.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American left-wing politician and activist.

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Alisa Solomon

Alisa Solomon, is a writer, Professor of Journalism, and the Director of the Arts and Culture concentration at the Columbia Journalism School.

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American Jewish Committee

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a civil rights group and Jewish advocacy group established on November 11, 1906.

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American Jewish Congress

The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) is an association of American Jews organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts.

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American Left

The American Left can refer to multiple concepts.

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Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo (born December 6, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021.

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Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination. Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and anti-Defamation League are anti-racist organizations in the United States, Jewish anti-racism and Opposition to antisemitism in the United States.

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Antisemitism in the United States

Antisemitism has long existed in the United States.

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.

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Black Lives Matter protests in New York City

New York City has been the site of many Black Lives Matter protests in response to incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.

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Brad Lander

Bradford S. Lander (born July 8, 1969) is an American politician, urban planner, and community organizer who currently serves as the New York City Comptroller.

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Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since 2021 and as a United States senator from New York since 1999.

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Defund the police

In the United States, "defund the police" is a slogan that supports removing funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.

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Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights

A Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights is legislation designed to grant basic labor protections to domestic workers.

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Eliot Engel

Eliot Lance Engel (born February 18, 1947) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 to 2021.

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George Floyd

George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd might have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020.

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George Floyd protests in New York City

George Floyd protests in New York City took place at several sites in each of the five New York City boroughs, starting on May 28, 2020, in reaction to the murder of George Floyd.

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Green New Deal

Green New Deal (GND) proposals call for public policy to address climate change along with achieving other social aims like job creation, economic growth and reducing economic inequality.

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Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Anthony Bowman (born April 1, 1976) is an American politician and former educator serving as the United States representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2021.

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Jennifer S. Hirsch

Jennifer Hirsch is a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

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Jewish left

The Jewish left consists of Jews who identify with, or support, left-wing or left-liberal causes, consciously as Jews, either as individuals or through organizations. Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and Jewish left are Jewish socialism.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service that primarily covers Judaism- and Jewish-related topics and news.

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Jews Against White Nationalism

Jews Against White Nationalism (JAWN) is a Jewish anti-racist organization based in the United States. Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and Jews Against White Nationalism are Jewish anti-racism and Opposition to antisemitism in the United States.

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Jews of color

Jews of color (or Jews of colour) is a neologism, primarily used in North America, that describes Jews from non-white racial and ethnic backgrounds, whether mixed-race, adopted, Jews by conversion, or part of national or geographic populations (or a combination of these) that are non-white.

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Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt (born November 21, 1970) is an American entrepreneur, corporate executive, and the sixth National Director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

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Judith Plaskow

Judith Plaskow (born March 14, 1947) is an American theologian, author, and activist known for being the first Jewish feminist theologian.

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Julia Salazar

Julia Salazar (born December 30, 1990) is an American politician and activist.

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Juneteenth

Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States.

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Killing of Amadou Diallo

In the early hours of February 4, 1999, an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was fired upon with 41 rounds and shot a total of 19 times by four New York City Police Department plainclothes officers: Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon, and Kenneth Boss.

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Killing of Eric Garner

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American man, was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island by Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.

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Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz

Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (September 9, 1945 – July 10, 2018) was an American essayist, poet, academic, and political activist.

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Monsey Hanukkah stabbing

On the night of December 28, 2019, the seventh night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, a masked man wielding a large knife or machete invaded the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, Rockland County, New York, where a Hanukkah party was underway, and began stabbing the guests.

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.

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National Domestic Workers Alliance

The National Domestic Workers Alliance is an advocacy organization promoting the rights of domestic workers in the United States.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Council

The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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New York's 16th congressional district

New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Jamaal Bowman.

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Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

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Palestine Liberation Organization

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people; i.e. the globally dispersed population, not just those in the Palestinian territories who are represented by the Palestinian Authority.

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Passover Seder

The Passover Seder is a ritual feast at the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

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Presidency of Donald Trump

Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January20, 2017, and ended on January20, 2021.

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Reparations for slavery

Reparations for slavery is the application of the concept of reparations to victims of slavery and/or their descendants.

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Sephardic Jews

Sephardic Jews (Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).

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Stop-and-frisk in New York City

The stop-question-and-frisk program, or stop-and-frisk, in New York City, is a New York City Police Department (NYPD) practice of temporarily detaining, questioning, and at times searching civilians and suspects on the street for weapons and other contraband.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Trump travel ban

The Trump travel ban denotes a series of executive actions taken by U.S. President Donald Trump that restricted entry into the United States by certain foreign nationals, beginning with Executive Order 13769, issued on January 27, 2017.

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Union for Reform Judaism

The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the congregational arm of Reform Judaism in North America.

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Vice (magazine)

Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics.

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Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader.

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See also

Jewish anti-occupation groups

Jewish anti-racism

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_for_Racial_and_Economic_Justice

Also known as Beyond the Pale (radio program), JFREJ, JFREJ Action, JFREJ Community, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, The Jewish Vote.

, Reparations for slavery, Sephardic Jews, Stop-and-frisk in New York City, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Trump travel ban, Union for Reform Judaism, Vice (magazine), Yasser Arafat.