Joanna Ware, Nadav David: Judaism Unbound Episode 257 - Jewish Liberation Fund

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Joanna Ware and Nadav David, Director and Steering Committee member, respectively, of Jewish Liberation Fund (JLF), join Dan and Lex for a conversation about organizing money on the Jewish left. They ask identify gaps in our Jewish philanthropic systems (especially around Jews of Color and Israel-Palestine), and they advocate for shifts to some conventional philanthropic practices that could yield a brighter, more liberated future.

Image Credit: Jewish Liberation Fund

[1] Learn more about the Jewish Liberation Fund at JewishLiberation.fund, and about Ware and David by clicking here. Become a supporter of their work at this link.

[2] For an article in TribeHerald that features JLF’s first round of grants, click here.

[3] Follow up this episode with a related conversation (featuring a guest cited by Ware in this episode), by clicking here: Episode 118: Trouble in the Tribe - Dov Waxman.

[4] Ware mentions an article in eJewishPhilanthropy that discusses the immense Jewish wealth transfer that will be occurring in the next decade. Click here to read it.

[5] Read JLF’s Donor Covenant, mentioned by David , by clicking here.

[6] Learn more about two funds affectionately seen as “siblings” by Jewish Liberation Fund by heading to the following websites: ThirdWaveFund.org, GroundswellFund.org

[7] Click the video below to for a brief overview of the mission and vision of Jewish Liberation Fund:

Image Credit: Jewish Liberation Fund

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Introducing the Jewish Liberation Fund: Fueling the Jewish movement for justice and liberation. Music: Batya Levine "We Rise" - used with permission Transcript: For centuries, Jews around the world have come together to fight back against oppression, and fulfill the mitzvah - the obligation - of working to create a better world. From Mitzrayim to Shushan, from the streets of Babylon, Vienna, Berlin, and Paris to Johannesburg, Selma, New York, and Ferguson. In the movements for working people, racial justice, feminism, queer and trans liberation, and immigrant justice; in movements against Apartheid, war, fascism, and white supremacy - we have joined with our friends and neighbors in pursuit of a world that offers dignity, safety, and justice for all. Today, we are writing the next chapter in this story. The Jewish Liberation Fund is working to ensure that today’s Jewish movement for justice and liberation has the resources it needs to grow and thrive, to win powerful victories for humanity, and to bring forth shleimut - wholeness - bimheirah b’yameinu - speedily and in our days. For too long, Jewish philanthropy has been the domain of the one percent. We are here to change that. The Jewish Liberation Fund is a people’s fund. Led - and funded - by our movement: we are accountable to each other. We have not made it this far alone, and we need you to carry this movement forward. Join us.

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