Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Lantz(wo)man!

Via Hanan Levin, I've just discovered the website of Jewish Women Watching, which "aims to rouse the public to challenge and change the sexist and other discriminatory practices in the American Jewish community." Not many people realize it nowadays, but American Judaism has a long history of progressive activism, despite the fact that conservative politics have come to dominate the discourse of late (particularly where Israel is concerned). So any new liberal-lefty Jewish group is welcome as far as I'm concerned! JWW has just announced its first annual Greasy Latke Awards, giving out raspberries ([Homer] Mmmm, raspberry latkes... [/Homer]) for some of the more egregious behavior in the Jewish community. Nicely done, gals!

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