Nathaniel Eisen
Nathaniel Eisen is a corps member in AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps and an online organizer at Jews United for Justice. Nathaniel has a BA in philosophy from Stanford University and enjoys geeking out in his political theory reading group.
Paul Adler, JUFJ
News and Politics
Lessons From the Field: Good Neighbors, Good Wages
President Obama’s State of the Union this week is breathing life – and hope – into the conversation around raising the minimum wage. And it reminds us how local organizing can lay the groundwork for national economic justice issues. As the president put it: “It is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong.” Consider this: In December, Washington DC and two neighboring counties in Maryland raised their minimum wages at the same time, the first time jurisdictions aligned their strategic efforts across state lines.
The Jewish community was at the heart of this victory. Here’s what we learned.
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- 5000 Pages of Zeek
- Founded in 2001, Zeek was the first Jewish online magazine, and we have over 5000 pages online to prove it, all available free of charge. Read more in the Archive.
