Activism

From nation-building to posting: How Jewish activism lost its way - opinion

As the war fades from public attention, the silence of influencer-driven Jewish activism reveals a deeper problem: advocacy shaped by visibility and incentives cannot endure without an audience.

Adam Edelman of Israel and Menachem Chen of Israel's bobsleigh team react after their run, at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, in Italy, on February 16, 2026..
Civil Rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with guests at the National Bar Association's annual convention on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader and two-time candidate, dies at 84

Narges Mohammadi sits in her apartment in Tehran on January 23, 2025.

Reincarcerated Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven years

Boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sail off Koufonisi islet, Greece, September 26, 2025.

Activists involved in 2025's Global Sumud Flotilla ready to try again in 2026 with a bigger version


Wheeling and dealing: Bicycle activism in Jerusalem

Oren Lotan is the projects manager for the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan Team (JTMPT), working to improve transportation in Jerusalem.

 Cyclists are seen on the bicycle path on Hanassi Street in Jerusalem.

Rappers, Grammys show support for Iranian rapper sentenced to death

Salehi's case has received worldwide attention as the Islamic regime in Iran continues to threaten activists with severe sentences.

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

Iranian activist: Desperate regime waging all-out war against women

"Long live the resistance. Long live freedom. Long live the indomitable brave women of Iran," said Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi.

Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022

US Jews must learn to advocate for themselves - opinion

American Jews are not bad at advocacy. We are bad at Jewish advocacy. 

 PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators take part in ‘Shut it down for Palestine’ protests in New York City in December. We must stop pretending that when people spew anti-Zionist hatred, this is anything other than a very thinly veiled attack on Jews, the writer asserts.

Rowing for a cause: English brothers make waves for Israel at Brown University

“Our key turning point was when Nate was a high-school junior, and I was a sophomore when we did experience some antisemitism.”

 NATHAN (left) and Asher Swidler pose in their specially designed pro-Israel unisuit, which they use as members of the Brown Crew Team.

Fast of Liri, Karin, Romi: Activists observe Fast of Esther in honor of hostages

While the organizers are fasting with an emphasis on the female hostages, they said that the fast is universal and invited participants to choose to focus on any hostage.

 FOUR YOUNG women hostages before and after their capture.

Campus activism is the second front of the war - opinion

Rational arguments can hold little sway in the face of this totalizing ideology. Many of those fervently demonstrating for Gaza have no understanding of what “from the river to the sea” means.

 THE WRITER addresses the special Hillel International conference of Jewish student activists, in Atlanta.

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92

“She was the single most important voice fighting hunger in New York for 50 years and the first to focus on school food, which resulted in literally thousands of kids eating food meant for the trash.

 Kathy Goldman, founder of Food Bank for New York City, attends the organization's 29th Annual Conference on Hunger and Poverty at Marriott Marquis Times Square, Feb. 13, 2020.

Egyptian activist tells ‘Post’ she condemns Hamas and October 7 massacre

Dalia Ziada condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 but then faced a wave of threats and criticism at home and had to flee to the US.

 Egyptian activist Dalia Ziada

Iranian anti-Hamas activist detained by London police, later ‘de-arrested’

The Iranian 38-year-old activist held a sign reading “Don’t attack the law. Hamas is a terrorist. U.K. added Hamas to the terrorist list “Terrorism Act 2000” in March 2021.”

An anti-Hamas sign held by Iranian activist Niyak Ghorbani, and later crumpled by London police, March 10, 2024