Jewish Solidarity School

Fostering solidarity in the face of global fascisms

JSS is run by a group of Jewish people, including academics, artists, and activists. Most of us were raised in British schools and synagogues. We established the Jewish Solidarity School as a poltical education initiative to widen access within our community and beyond to forms of anti-oppressive knowledge that many of us were taught to turn away from. We hope that by equipping people with this knowledge, more of us will be able to engage in solidarity work in the face of global fascisms. Our first school, now open for applications, is an Introduction to Zionism.

OUR schools

Our first programme is a critical introduction to Zionism, guiding participants through Christian Zionism and British Empire; Jewish political Zionism and settler colonialism; Palestinian and Jewish resistance to Zionism; and exploring post-Zionist futures. We will be generous in listening whilst being firm in our critical interrogation, and we ask participants to be open to the multiple perspectives that may emerge in the room. We welcome Jewish people (however identified) on anti-Zionist journeys who may or may not have complex, tense, and emotional attachments to Zionism and Israel. The curriculum has been written and will be facilitated by experts on Zionism, colonialism, genocide, and social justice.

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