Now. Next.

A cross-section of activists and thinkers weigh in on the present and its future— what perils we face, and what we might build from this epidemiological, social and political crisis.

Now. Next.

The articles in this special section:

The Ethos of Rural Life Is Everyone’s Ethos Now

Rabbi Rachel Isaacs

In the years to come, more of us will be growing our own potatoes.

Link Food Supplies to Public Health

Marion Nestle

How do we get political will? Advocate! Vote! Start now!

I Want Us to View Art Through a New Lens

Jillian Steinhauer

To be clear, I miss art. I miss being moved and confronted and stretched by artists and their work. But I don’t really miss the apparatus that surrounds it.

White Allies Need to Step Up. Now.

Yavilah McCoy

As the CEO of a majority Jewish women of color led organization, I continue to learn how essential our work to expand racial equity in the world around us is to our very survival.

We’re Going to Witness a Surge in the Current Health Inequality

Marion Danis

Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.

Abortion for Anyone Who Needs It

Steph Black

Telemedicine options for many kinds of healthcare have spiked. Yet this has not been true for abortion.

Global Tzedakah: Save for a Rainy Day? This Is a Downpour!

Ruth Messinger

The Jewish community must take a lead in looking at all the systemic inequities that are being laid bare by the pandemic

Reproductive Justice Instead of “Jewish Continuity.”

Michal Raucher

What would it mean to think about a Jewish future that does not revolve around Jewish women having Jewish babies?

Camp, Even When It’s Not Summer

Elana Rebitzer

 The non-summer months could be filled with much more camp content in years to come. 

Comedy? You Bet!

Laura Beatrix Newmark

Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.

Labor Activism Has New Momentum

Amelia Dornbush

Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.

Relative Privilege in a World of Suffering

Yael Schonbrun

Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.

A Mirage of Hope for Israelis and Palestinians

Naomi Zeveloff

Life lessons from the mythological Lilith. Betty Friedan on her feminine mystique & being Jewish. Those thorny Jewish women's organizations.