{"id":16,"date":"2026-05-11T10:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:45:22","slug":"cjl2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/past-conf\/cjl2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Conference on the Jewish Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"top-bar\" data-topbar=\"\" role=\"navigation\" id=\"admin_header\"><\/nav>\n<nav class=\"top-bar\" data-topbar=\"\" role=\"navigation\"><a href=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/05\/Conference-for-the-Jewish-left.zip\"><\/a><\/nav>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/09\/2024Poster-412x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-554 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/09\/2024Poster-412x636.jpg 412w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/09\/2024Poster-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/09\/2024Poster-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/09\/2024Poster-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/09\/2024Poster-1325x2048.jpg 1325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Schedule<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1st Annual Conference on the Jewish Left<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><b>Agganis Arena<\/b> \u2022 Boston University<br \/>\nMay 3, 2024<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YkUMzapLRJs?si=Z9aYQAv1VwtlqyWE\">Watch the event recording<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Morning Session<\/h4>\n<p><b>8:30 \u2013 9:00 | Registration and Breakfast<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>9:00 \u2013 9:15\u00a0 | Jeremy Menchik<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcoming Remarks<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/20503032241269655\">Read the publication here.<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>9:15 \u2013 10:15 | Shaul Magid<br \/>\n<\/b>Does the Ledt Have to Fail to Succeed?: Today&#8217;s Progressivism through the Lens of 1960s Radicalism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/20503032241267244\">Read the publication here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>10:30 \u2013 11:15 | Andy Izenson<br \/>\n<\/b>The World That Is Coming: Do&#8217;ikayt and Mystical Anarchism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/20503032241269610\">Read the publication here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>11:15 \u2013 12:00 | Daniel May<br \/>\n<\/b>The Jewish Left at a Moment of Crises: What Can and Should be the Role of Journalism<\/p>\n<p><b>12:00 &#8211; 1:00 | Lunch\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Afternoon Session<\/h4>\n<p><b>1:00 \u2013 1:45| Atalia Omer<br \/>\n<\/b>Where Is The Israeli Jewish Left?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/20503032241267233\">Read the publication here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1:45\u2013 2:30 | Boston Workers Circle, Jewish Voice for Peace &amp; IfNotNow<br \/>\n<\/b>Organizing the Jewish Left<\/p>\n<p><b>2:45 \u2013 3:30| Irena Klepfisz<br \/>\n<\/b>Giving up on Sainthood, Allowing for Change: A Few Thoughts and Poems<\/p>\n<p><b>3:30 \u2013 4:00| Future Directions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Download the schedule below!<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/05\/Conference-for-the-Jewish-left-2.pdf\">Conference for the Jewish left<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Speakers<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-88 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-2024-speakers\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/profile\/andy-izenson\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/05\/Andy-Izenson-2024-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Andy Izenson, Speaker (2024)<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-94 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-2024-speakers\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/profile\/irena-klepfisz\/\" class=\"profile-link 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profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-2024-speakers\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/profile\/daniel-may\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/05\/Daniel-May-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Daniel May<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-242 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-2024-organizers affiliation-2024-speakers affiliation-2025-organizers affiliation-2025-speakers affiliation-2026-organizers affiliation-2026-speakers affiliation-organizing-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/profile\/jeremy-menchik-2\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/05\/Menchik_CURA1-2025-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jeremy Menchik<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Organizers<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-719 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-2024-organizers\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/profile\/kimberly-arkin\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-12.45.19-PM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Kimberly Arkin<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-675 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-2024-organizers affiliation-2025-organizers affiliation-2026-organizers affiliation-2026-workshop-leader\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jewishleft\/profile\/margaret-litvin\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/jewishleft\/files\/2026\/10\/ML-at-CFD-2025-768x643-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Margaret Litvin<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-242 profile type-profile status-publish hentry 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