Jewish and Muslim Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action 10th January 2025 / 10th January 2025 by nicklevine Notes on the talk given by Susan Fox (lay reader, eco lead and warden of Southport & District Reform Synagogue), for the joint Jewish and Muslims Fringe meeting at Autumn Conference 2024. Eco-Judaism, also known as environmental Judaism, is a movement within Judaism that emphasises the Jewish religious imperative to protect the environment and be […] Read more »
Jewish Greens officers statement on the anniversary of the attacks on October 7th 7th October 2024 / 3rd December 2024 by samalston Today we remember the atrocities of October 7th, 2023, carried out by Hamas against Israeli citizens and foreign nationals, when more than 1,100 people were brutally killed and another 240 taken hostage. This has escalated into a cycle of violence that continues to destroy lives a year onwards. We remember not just these lives taken, […] Read more »
Jewish Greens High Holy Day message 1st October 2024 / 7th October 2024 by samalston Over the last difficult year, as Jewish Greens, we have stood side by side with our communities, pledging to put the evils of the past behind us and work with them to create a more peaceful future. We cheered as 14 years of Conservative government came to an end, and four new Green MPs were elected […] Read more »
Jewish Greens AGM 1st October 2024 / 1st October 2024 by samalston This AGM was well attended covering our previous year. We successfully passed a number of constitutional motions and said goodbye to committee members David Farbey, Elly Stanton, and Zack Polanski. However we elected Vivien, Jo, Sam, Andree, Nick and Joshua. See more details on our people page: https://jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/people/ Read more »
Jewish Greens at conference 13th September 2024 / 23rd November 2024 by samalston Jewish Greens completed our busiest conference. ,In addition to our usual members meeting and Saturday night meal we held two speaker events. The first featuring Jewish Greens Policy Officer, Joshua Alston, speaking on a panel about how to address fascism. There he drew lessons from his research area into the rise and fall of apartheid […] Read more »
Jewish Greens at conference 5th September 2024 by samalston Jewish Greens activities at Conference We have a record number of Jewish Greens sessions at conference: Sat 7th: 09.00-10.15Fascism: what it is; how we defeat it.One of the speakers being JG Policy Officer, Joshua Alston. Sun 8th: 09.00-10.15Jewish and Muslim Perspectives on environmental stewardship and climate actionSpeakers:Susan Fox, Southport & District Reform Synagogue, recipient of […] Read more »
Joint Statement with Lord Mann 19th May 2024 / 19th May 2024 by samalston The Green party has issued a statement following discussion with Lord Mann. “Lord Mann and the leadership team at The Green Party of England and Wales met last week to discuss the important issue of antisemitism. Both parties have committed to continued dialogue and working together to ensure that antisemitism, like all racism, has no […] Read more »
Joint Statement from Jewish and Muslim Greens 19th May 2024 / 19th May 2024 by samalston Together, we oppose any efforts to exploit the ongoing tragedy in Israel-Palestine to foster division, intensify antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of racism. Within our communities, individuals and groups hold differing views. However, we recognise our shared common humanity and our collective pain. It’s crucial to build bridges that encourage unity and prevent division from […] Read more »
Jewish Greens AGM 29th October 2023 19th November 2023 / 25th March 2024 by davidfarbey Here’s a brief summary of our AGM which was held on Zoom on 29th October 2023. There were 20 people present. The full minutes will be published after approval by the new officers committee 1. Officers report for 2022-2023 (previously circulated to members): The officers report was accepted, with thanks to the outgoing officers team. […] Read more »
Jewish Greens at Conference Autumn 2023 12th October 2023 / 25th March 2024 by Jewish Greens had a typically frenetic conference with multiple new members and requests for our antisemitism training. We also saw multiple members address conference including our Treasurer, Zack Polanski. Membership Officer, Vivien Lichtenstein, was also elected to the Alterative Disputes Resolution Committee. Alongside this we held our social and heard from Brighton Progressive Rabbi Gabriel […] Read more »