"One of the many consequences of the #Oct7 terror attacks and subsequent global rise in #antisemitism has been the emergence of a host of new #grassroots #Jewish organizations and initiatives, led by a new generation of Jewish leaders.

Last month, a group of #grantmakers brought approximately 100 of those emerging leaders to #Louisville, #Ky., for a “Collaboratory,” aimed at helping the new sector “professionalize” and connect them to more established Jewish organizations, #AdinaPoupko, executive director of the #NatanFund, which helped spearhead the gathering, told eJewishPhilanthropy.

After the Oct. 7 attacks, as grassroots campaigns arose to combat antisemitism in #education, local #governments and #arts spaces, the #Natan Fund started issuing #microgrants to help those efforts with their immediate needs, like printing costs and location rentals."

https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/collaboratory-aims-to-boost-post-10-7-innovation-connecting-grassroots-activists-to-legacy-groups/

Never ever underestimate the predictability of stupidity.

#Israel cannot occupy #Lebanon up to Litani River and expect #Hezbollah to be eradicated. #Oct7 does not give #Israel the right to do this. This is only going to rejuvenate #Hezbollah and justify its existence. #Israel will now have someone worse than Hassan Nasrallah rise and oppose them.

#Israel has done this before and was forced into a humiliating withdrawal last time.

#ForeverWar #ForeverWars #EndlessWar #EndlessWars #NeedlessWar

"#JudyBlume, the acclaimed #author of young people’s #novels, saw resurged interest in her work in 2023. One of her most famous #books, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, hit the big screen as an acclaimed feature-length #film; that same year, Amazon released a #documentary about her, Judy Blume Forever. Meanwhile, Mark Oppenheimer—a #writer, podcaster, editor and teacher at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics—was asked by the author herself to write her #biography.

Months after the Blume bonanza, #Oct7 happened. And while this has little bearing on the public’s appreciation of Blume work, The CJN’s opinion editor, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, got to wondering: would the world be so excited about a #Jewish writer (who writes openly Jewish characters) if her #movies were slated for 2024 instead?"

https://thecjn.ca/arts-culture/mark-oppenheimer-on-judy-blumes-underappreciated-role-in-the-jewish-literary-canon/

"A few weeks ago, I published an op-ed in eJewishPhilanthropy titled “How the language of #Jewish #Peoplehood can move us forward from the current crisis” (Jan. 15). In that piece, I proposed shifting our focus toward revisiting the constitutive values of Jewish Peoplehood and providing fresh answers to foundational questions: What does being responsible for fellow #Jews mean today? Which components of our ethos remain vital? How do we navigate the tensions between these values when they clash?

In response, some readers asked: Why now? What has changed? What is the urgency?

So much has changed in Israel and the Jewish world since #Oct7, 2023, raising questions about some fundamental aspects of what it means to be a part of the Jewish People."

https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/why-embracing-jewish-peoplehood-is-a-matter-of-urgency/

https://ak-anarchistischeskorrektiv.com/ak/marxismus-leninismus/

Ein Essay, der eine gute Analyse für die Abgründe vieler Linker bietet, lest gerne!

„Für den Autor als Anarchist ist es wichtig, dass Genoss:innen begreifen, dass der Vater vieler ihrer Einordnungen Stalin ist. Zu sehen, wie weltweit Anarchist*innen […] zum 7. Oktober Stellung bezogen haben, ist mit dem Begriff der Enttäuschung nicht zu fassen.

#Antiimperialismus #marxismleninism #Marx #Anarchismus #Stalin #Antisemitismus #oct7

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