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Making “Safety Through Solidarity” More Than a Slogan

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish organizers Nadav David and Erica Riddick discuss a new guide advocating for a safety approach that emphasizes community solidarity over surveillance. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish OrganizationsJewish LeftSolidaritySurveillanceShomrimCommunity Safety CampaignNonprofit Security Grants ProgramAbolitionist SafetyAntisemitism DataSecurity Paradigms

Places mentioned

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"So like having safety teams of Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers at five synagogues across Boston and growing that network over the course of many years, that to us is a much more durable solution than having."
New York, United States
"Jews for racial and economic justice in New York has done a ton of this work, providing safety and security support outside of mosques, outside of actions and events that they're doing."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"I know there are several in Brooklyn neighborhoods near where I live. And in certain ways, these Shomrim forces, which can, you know, be responsible for trying to respond to crimes in these Orthodox neighborhoods."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"One of my favorite examples is the creation of the ambulance system that we all know today was born, I think, in Pittsburgh within the Black community because they had to go further distances to get to the hospitals that would serve them."
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