Join IfNotNow and the Jewish Liberation Fund for this speaker series addressing the question of who holds the power to shape Jewish communal narratives, how they exercise it, and what we can do.
June 30 at 7pm ET: Antisemitism and the Impact of Philanthropy on Public Discourse, with Matt Berkman, Shaul Magid, and Lara Friedman
Discussions on antisemitism and its definition are highly contested ground. How does philanthropy impact this conversation? Join Matt Berkman, Shaul Magid, and Lara Friedman to unpack the forces shaping public discussion on antisemitism and the role of the Jewish philanthropic complex in Jewish political discourse. Co-sponsored by Jewish Currents. Register Now.
July 20th at 7pm ET: Israel-Palestine and the future of Jewish Politics in America, with Sarah Anna Minkin and Dov Waxman
The relationship between Israel and American Jewry is changing, opening up new political possibilities and opportunities to contest for power within the American Jewish sphere. Join Sarah Anne Minkin and Dov Waxman to dig into the nature of this changing relationship, the impact on discourse around Israel-Palestine, where Jewish politics might be headed in the future, and what that means for the growing Jewish progressive movement. Register now.
Watch: Jewish Philanthropy, and Why the Left Ought to Care, with Lila Corwin Berman and Anat Shenker-Osorio
Organized Jewish life is highly dependent on philanthropic giving. Join Lila Corwin Berman and Anat Shenker Osorio to dig into the history of Jewish philanthropy, how philanthropic decisions are made today, and the impact on Jewish progressive movement-building. Watch the Recording Now!
Watch: Telling Stories with Data: Reclaiming the studies that shape Jewish communal narratives, with Samira Mehta and Ari Kelman
Samira Mehta and Ari Kelman will help unpack the numerous recent studies that seek to explain: Who are Jews and what do they care about? They will help us understand how the studies are funded, data is collected, and how this demographic data is used to advance projects, movements, and political causes that often exclude Jews of Color, queer Jews, and others at the margins of organized Jewish life. Watch the Recording Now!
IfNotNow is a movement of American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel’s apartheid system. We are a multi-generational movement with ancestors from around the world and Jewish backgrounds as diverse as the ways we practice our Judaism, backing the leadership of younger Jews and others historically on the margins of Jewish communal leadership to demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis.
The Jewish Liberation Fund (JLF) mobilizes resources to sustain and grow a progressive Jewish movement and fund a Jewish future we can believe in. We pursue this mission by cultivating the seeds of the Jewish progressive movement as a grantmaker whose decisions are made by Black and Indigenous Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardim and Mizrahim; designing resources and courses for large funders to critically consider the role of philanthropy in dismantling unjust social systems; and organizing Jewish funders to take collective action to usher in new practices in the Jewish philanthropic space.