The new Jewish left
In Canada, young Jews are fighting antisemitism while opposing the Israeli occupation
Métraux, Julia
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/the-new-jewish-left
Date Written: 2019-02-13
Publisher: briarpatch
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX23566
Young Jewish people in North America are fighting antisemitism while opposing Israel's occupation of Palestine.
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"Our liberation is bound up with the liberation of others" has become a rallying cry for young North American Jews who are fighting antisemitism while opposing Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
While antisemitic hate crimes increase in North America, there's been a resurgence of the Jewish left – led by young people, rooted in solidarity with other marginalized communities, focused on ending the Israeli occupation, and held together by new articulations of Jewish community and ritual....
"For me, there is no clear distinction between 'left,' 'Jewish,' and 'organizing,'" Binya Koatz, a Bay Area INN organizer, tells me. "Our job as Jews is to pay back the eternal debt of our divinely secured freedom from slavery in Egypt by making others more free. We were brought out of bondage in order to serve the higher purposes of peace and justice."
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