Effectiveness of Activist Tactics: Trauma and Awareness
What are effective organizing tactics, and how are they used? Can you build a movement by alienating folks who might be persuadable? What do litmus tests do for the health […]
December 3, 2024
December 2, 2024
2,500 Unite at the Global Conference for Israel in Dallas
Jewish National Fund-USA’s annual Global Conference for Israel brought over 2,500 people to Dallas, Texas, including 14 Cincinnatians, for an inspiring weekend of unity, resilience, and hope under the theme […]
November 26, 2024
Glorifying Violent Resistance
How do you make change with the violent resistance of oppressed people, and what is the long-term impact? What’s the difference between resistance and terrorism? During the last Pride Month, […]
November 22, 2024
It’s Been a Year, and This Thanksgiving I’m Thankful for…
If your year has been anything like mine, it has been the year that has kept on punching, leaving me stumbling around the ring and hanging on for dear life […]
November 19, 2024
Performative Activism vs Real Change
What is performative activism, and does performance have a place in change-making? Performative activism is the idea that a group or person pushes for change on a surface level, where […]
November 17, 2024
Neo Nazis, Chanting Racial Slurs and Antisemitic Slogans, March in Columbus
On Saturday afternoon, neo-Nazis wearing masks Marched through the Short North district of Columbus, OH, carrying swastika flags and chanting racial slurs, antisemitic slogans, and white power. The neo-Nazi group […]
November 15, 2024
Former U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz Has a History of Antisemitism
President-elect Trump has already started naming members to his cabinet. This week, he nominated now-former Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida to be U.S. Attorney General. After the announcement, Gaetz resigned […]
November 15, 2024
On Settler Colonialism: Reflecting on Adam Kirsch’s Newest Book
As the saying goes, knowledge is recognizing that tomatoes are a fruit, but wisdom is knowing not to put them in your fruit salad. In other words, sometimes there is […]
November 14, 2024
Some Dems Wonder If PA’s Jewish Governor Would Have Made A Difference
This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. As Democrats licked their wounds last Wednesday, some pointed […]
November 12, 2024
Activism, Change, and Organizing
What I have learned over the last year about creating systemic change and how I can use those lessons to make the world I want to see. In June, I […]