The Tav HaYosher comes to Chicago (and a whole bunch of other states)
The certification of kosher restaurants upholding the rights of their workers continues to spread across the country… Chicago native Shmuly Yanklowitz wants to encourage kosher restaurant owners to...
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How Pharaoh Operates
In the wake of the Massey Energy coal mine explosion, some of the inner workings of Pharaoh, Inc. have become more transparent. This is from an L.A. Times article: “They placed profits over safety...
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Caroling Against Unemployment
Guestpost by Amanda, comedian, occasional blogger, and paper bag puppeteer. While writing cover letters to try and end my five-month long spell of unemployment, I was also reading a book that discussed...
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Here I Am
Progressive Jewish Alliance’s new video. Give them money!! They do good work. They need it.
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JWA Looks at Jewish Women in the Labor Movement
The Jewish Women’s Archive has a nifty little series going on now: the top 10 Jewish women in labor history, with profiles of a bunch of asskicking hellcats and firebrands being added over the next...
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Torah of Justice from the Streets of Los Angeles
On June 16 the California legislature passed SB 104—the Fair Treatment for Farmworkers Act. The United Farm Workers have been organizing a series of actions to urge Governor Brown to sign the bill. On...
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אף על פי שיתמהמה…
This is a guest post by Oren Hirsch, an urban planner currently living and working in Jerusalem. He is the creator of the unofficial Jerusalem Bus Map. Anyone who visited Jerusalem in the past few...
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Justice in the City: the book is here
I am very happy to announce that my book Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism is out and available at Academic Studies Press and Amazon.com. You can now download and...
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In Which May Day Resembles Shabbos
I wrote recently about how certain Jewish organizations need to stop talking shit about Occupy and instead capitalize (you’ll pardon the pun) on the shared history of Jews and revolutions for social...
View ArticleObamacare, SCOTUS, and the monetizing of our morals
x-posted to Justice in the Justice Roberts surprised everybody yesterday by joining and writing the opinion for the majority in this week’s Supreme Court decision to uphold most of the Affordable Care...
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