Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Jo Ellen is the Editor and Executive Director of Zeek. She is the co-editor of Righteous Indignation (Jewish Lights, 2008).

Columnists

Jay Michaelson

Is There a Future for the New Jewish Culture?

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

The big wave of hip, innovative Jewish media seems to have washed out.

Columnists

Do We Still Need Jewish Feminism?

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Within the United States, egalitarianism has become the baseline practice for the majority of American Jews. While the salaries and status of women Jewish professionals still lags below those of men, in the specifically religious arena, Jewish-American feminists have seen our most extraordinary dreams fulfilled. Do we still need Jewish feminism?

Social Justice

Three Israels: Why We Can't Talk about BDS

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Despite Theodor Herzl’s dream, Israel is not simply a state like any other state. There are three Israels: the State of Israel (a “state like any other state”), Israel/Palestine, and the Jewish State. Which state(s) shape our understanding of Israel determines our views of the BDS movement.

Social Justice

Don't Meet Them Where They Are

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Zeek editor Jo Ellen Green Kaiser argues that the recent trend of catering to the wants of potential activists—particularly by focusing justice work so heavily on the food movement—is a misguided waste of time and effort.

Social Justice

Marilyn Sneiderman joins the 14% of Jewish Women Leaders

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

New Avodah Executive Director Marilyn Sneiderman breaks one glass ceiling, only to bump into another.

Culture

Interview with Andrew Ramer: Sex, Jews, and Queer Midrash

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Zeek: Do Jews do sex well? Ramer: Sometimes when we say, “we do sex well,” what we mean is that we do sex better than the goyim. That’s anti-Christianism.

Social Justice

Was Scott Brown's Win about Health Care?

By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser and Zeek

Zeek interviews Rabbi Jonah Pesner, who spearheaded the effort to pass Massachusetts’ innovative health care reform bill, about the Senate race and what it signifies for “Obama-care.”