Unruly
A social and racial justice blog created by and for Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews and in solidarity with Palestinian liberation and other struggles against state violence
American Jews Protesting Trump’s Muslim Ban Cannot Remain Silent About its Israeli Counterpart
By Airport Traveler Muslim travelers are detained at the airport and questioned, without access to lawyers, about their social media accounts and about their immeasurable loyalty to the country they are about to enter. They are threatened with deportation. The whole...
read moreIf You Could Go Back
By Danny Bryck
I know, I know
If you could go back you
would walk with Jesus
You would march with King
Maybe assassinate Hitler
At least hide Jews in your basement
It would all be clear to you
A Bittersweet Connection
By Andrew Kadi A few days ago, I was on a flight from Canada to the U.S. sitting next to an African-American family. The husband, seated in front of me, appeared to be wearing a religious cap with a blue & white menorah on it. The wife was sitting next to me with her...
read moreWelcome to Unruly: a blog by the Jews of Color Caucus
Unruly is a blog created and operated by members of the Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Caucus organized in partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace. Our focus is on racial justice issues in the United States, Palestine, Israel, and beyond. We feature news items,...
read moreWhen Yom Kippur and Coming Out Day out are intertwined with each other
By Sapir Sluzker-amran Uncle Sadiq is dead. Five years ago on Yom Kippur, when I lived with grandma and grandpa, I went with them to the synagogue for Iraqi Jews, which was a kind of small community center that underwent a transformation for the High Holidays—not...
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San Francisco Protest Adds to Growing Opposition to Disastrous Dakota Access Pipeline
By Nadya Tannous “Mni Wiconi -- Water is life. This is a central call of the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies who are seeking to protect the Missouri River” – Osprey Orielle Lake, Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline Solidarity Action, San Francisco As the people of...
read moreJews of Color Caucus Statement in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives
This statement was first drafted two weeks ago to address the nationwide crisis of anti-Black police violence and show solidarity with nationwide Black Lives Matter organizing. It has since been updated to address disturbing anti-Black and anti-Palestinian actions...
read moreIntroducing The Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Caucus Working In Partnership with JVP
This statement was created by the founding core members of our caucus to introduce the organizing space we seek to create. We are an autonomous group of Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews (JOCSM) organizing in solidarity with the movement for Palestinian...
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