New Jewish Agenda

NJA Poster now available through Justseeds!

Order here!

Tuesday, June 19: Boston Book Release Event

Coming up! Please join us for a reading of Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue: A History of New Jewish Agenda
Tuesday, June 19th 7PM
Boston Workmen’s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice
1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
*RSVP at the facebook event*
(We regret that the space is not yet wheelchair accessible)

And Save the Date! More Events Coming Up:

WC Boston May Day 2011 March

About Social Justice at the Workmen’s Circle Center:

A core expression of our Jewish identity at the Boston Workmen’s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice is the pursuit of a besere velt — a better world. We weave that commitment into every layer of the community, including our holiday rituals, arts and culture programming, and our children’s Sunday School.

Inspired by the 110-year history of the Workmen’s Circle, we are proud to stand up as a progressive American Jewish voice on social and economic justice issues as well as on Israel. And we are proud to be a community that makes room for the respectful airing of differing views on issues that can be controversial.

We provide progressive activists with a place to energize. We act together, mobilizing around social justice issues that speak to our identity as Jews and as activists.

Our social justice committees lead the way. New members are always welcome!

Thursday, May 10th: Philadelphia Book Release Event

Thank you to the fabulous full-house crowd that showed up for our book launch at Wooden Shoe Books on Thursday, May 10th.

Wall of Celebrate People’s History posters, now including the one for NJA!

Creative collaborators Daniel Lang/Levitsky and Abigail Miller joined us from NYC, and thank you to the former members of NJA who added personal details and insights.  Wooden Shoe now carries the book and poster.

We’ve got a bunch more booktour events coming up in June and July – Check it out!

off to the printer!

The book and poster final draft went to the printer on March 15th! We should be able to mail out pre-orders around May 15. Yay! Here’s a sneak peek of the final book cover layout:

Thank You!

Our pre-order/fundraising campaign raised $4,550 – exceeding our goal! Thank you to all 130  donors and all of the supporters who spread the word!

We’re laying out the book this week, and I estimate downloads available by end of March, books/posters shipped by mid-June (hopefully earlier) – we’re a little behind schedule but not too far off!

As promised, here’s a shout-out thank you to:

Aleksei Wagner, Aleza Summit, Alisha Williams, Alissa Wise, Aly Halpert, Amelia, Amy and David Mantell, Amy Brookman, Amy Laura Cahn, Amy Sadao, Annah Anti-Palindrome, Bench, Benjamin Haber, Benjy Ben-Baruch, Beth Pulcinella, Bob Gluck, Caitlin Barry, Caleb Hunt, Caryn Goldberg, Casey Chanton, Lee and Cerf Berkley, Charles Lenchner, Chris Bartlett, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Cole Krawitz, Corina Dross, Craig Willse, Daniel Sieradski, Danielle Redden, David Poplar, Dean Spade, Deborah Meyer, Dennis Fischman, DrewChristopher Joy, Elaine Dutton, Elaine Reuben, Emily Abendroth, Emma, Fivel Rothberg, Gerald Serotta, Hannah Fischer, Irit Reinheimer, Irma Preikschat, Jacob Feinspan, Jade Walker, Jason Molony, Jennifer Kates, Jennine Miller, Jenny Berkley, Jenny Levison, Jesse Bacon, Jessie Spector, Jim Barton, Joanna Kent Katz, Jordy Silverstein, Judith Seid, Jules Skloot, Julia Berkley, Julie Davids, Karen Pittelman, Kate Sorensen, Kelly Johnson, Laura Mintz, Leah Girardo, Leora Abelson, Leslie Batz, LJ Roberts, Malcah Friedman, Martha Kransdorf, Max Kaiser, Max Stein, MaxZine Weinstein, Mcdonald Sullivan, Meredith Slopen, Mica Navarro Lopez, Michael Chameides, Miel Leslie, Mike Shushan, Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Natasha Agee, Nava EtShalom, Nico Amador, Noel Petrie, Pooja, Quito Ziegler, Rachel Beck, Rayna Matthews, Rebecca Alvarez, Rebecca Ennen, Rebecca Jarosh, Reena Bernards, Reina Gossett, Rich Wexler, Richard Silverstein, Rita Lowenthal, Roz Timberg, Sam Bick, Sara Zia Ebrahimi, Sarah Bleviss, Sarah Stippich, Sheryl Nestel, Shoshana Bricklin, Stefanie Brendler, Steve Masters, Suzanne Lipkin, Tessa Lalonde, The Shalom Center, Thomasin, Tyrone Boucher, Virginia A. Spatz, Virginia McGuire, Wendy Elisheva Somerson, Wooden Shoe Books and a dozen folks who gave anonymously!

Press

BLOG PRESS

• Pursue: Action for Just World Blog, a project of American Jewish World Service and Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps
• West Philly Local
• Mondoweiss.net 

RADIO INTERVIEWS

• Radio Interview with Aaron Lakoff  of Station CKUT in Montreal and The Media Coop
• Interview with Avi and Malcah of Radio613 in Kingston, ON

and more coming soon…

Praise for the book

Dan Berger, historian, organizer, and author of Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity and The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism:

We know about the Jewish anarchists, communists, and socialists of the early 20th century. We know, too, that Jews were disproportionately involved in the civil rights and New Left movements of the mid-20th century. What about all the Jewish rabble rousers in the late 20th century? Justice, Justice is a fascinating hidden history of Jewish activism in Reagan’s America. Ezra Berkley Nepon gives us the inside scoop of New Jewish Agenda, both a clearinghouse for Jewish involvement in a range of progressive causes of the 1980s and a bulwark against the din of conservative voices in Jewish communities. Nepon’s careful, critical work is a gift to those who pursue justice in the 21st century. Continue Reading Praise for the book…