Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue: A History of New Jewish Agenda

New Jewish Agenda was a national organization from 1980 to 1992 with the slogan "a Jewish voice among progressives and a progressive voice among Jews." NJA practiced participatory grassroots democracy with over 45 local chapters and 5,000 members. NJA organized a progressive Jewish voice for every political issue of their decade: working for Middle East Peace, Central America Solidarity, Worldwide Nuclear Disarmament, Economic and Social Justice in the US, and they had a powerful Jewish Feminist Taskforce that included work on LGBT issues and the emergence of the AIDS pandemic. New Jewish Agenda took radical stances on the rights of Palestinians and Queer Jews. Activists from a wide range of religious and secular communities coalesced in NJA, building power and analysis that continue to illuminate our movements today.

This book is a history of the New Jewish Agenda and also includes afterwords essays by Dr. Rachel Mattson and Daniel Lang/Levitsky, original art by Abigail Miller, and an appendix of key New Jewish Agenda documents.

Published by Thread Makes Blanket Press (2012). Distributed by AK Press.