Frequently Asked Questions
When did LJC start, founded it?
We started in 2021 when a group of 15 Jews between the ages of 20 and 60 came together in Narrm to create a new lefty Jewish collective. We make decisions collectively and the organisation is entirely volunteer run, with no funding or staff.
We run events and create resources for community building, political and cultural education and actively work to create relationships of solidarity in so-called ‘Australia’ and internationally. This includes speaking at demonstrations, turning up for protest actions, running rituals, film screenings, workshops, panels, parties, protests, and more.
What kind of work does Loud Jew Collective do?
How does the Collective run, who makes decisions? Can I get involved?
This is a collective for Jews of all kinds who share our vision of an expansive and transformative Jewishness, where affiliated and non-affiliated Jews have a home and of a Jewishness that is not tied to zionism. We have a core group of organisers who meet regularly to coordinate our actions and a wider group of community members who help out with events, speak at actions or contribute in other ways.
We welcome those who are interested in getting involved to come along to one of our events and say hi, join our mailing list. Joining the organising collective means attending regular meetings and actively contributing to our work. We seek activists who can hold space for complexity, nuance, contradictions and questioning.
We are also always keen to collaborate with other activist groups!
The Loud Jew Collective believes in equality and joint liberation for all. We are against all forms of nationalism, including Zionism. We are opposed to Zionism because it is an ideology of Jewish nationalism and supremacy that has dispossessed Palestinians from their land. Most Jews were opposed to Zionism until 1948, and well into the 1960s a large part of worldwide Jewry was non-Zionist or anti-Zionist. We are part of the continuing legacy of Jews who see our struggle as bound up in the struggle of all oppressed people. We do not see the solution to antisemitism as lying in nationalism. We believe that Jewishness is separate from Zionism and that it can, and should, exist without Zionism.