New Jewish Agenda
was a national organization from 1980 to 1992 with the slogan "a
Jewish voice among progressives and a progressive voice among Jews."
NJA practiced participatory grassroots democracy with over 45 local
chapters and 5,000 members. NJA organized a progressive Jewish voice
for every political issue of their decade: working for Middle East
Peace, Central America Solidarity, Worldwide Nuclear Disarmament,
Economic and Social Justice in the US, and they had a powerful Jewish
Feminist Taskforce that included work on LGBT issues and the
emergence of the AIDS pandemic. New Jewish Agenda took radical
stances on the rights of Palestinians and Queer Jews. Activists from
a wide range of religious and secular communities coalesced in NJA,
building power and analysis that continue to illuminate our movements
today.
This book is a
history of the New Jewish Agenda and also includes afterwords essays
by Dr. Rachel Mattson and Daniel Lang/Levitsky, original art by
Abigail Miller, and an appendix of key New Jewish Agenda documents.
"We know about
the Jewish anarchists, communists, and socialists of the early-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. Nepon's careful, critical work
is a gift to those who pursue justice in the 21st century." —Dan
Berger, author of...Outlaws of America
