Lindsey Newman

Lindsey Newman

Lindsey Newman is the Director of Community Engagement at Be’chol Lashon, an organization that advocates for the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of the Jewish community. She has over a decade of experience working to advance racial justice in the Jewish community and in the fields of women’s rights advocacy and early childhood education. She participated in the 2016 Selah Leadership Cohort, was a 2018 Fellow of the Ruskay Institute for Jewish Professional Leadership and received her B.S. degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. Lindsey is a board member of NCJW San Francisco and a co-author of Not Free to Desist, an open letter challenging the Jewish community to re-imagine its commitment to racial justice.

Interviews

• Four Questions for Lindsey Newman, UJA Blog, November 30, 2018

Selected Publications

• What Does the End of Racism Look Like?, Jewish&, January 28, 2016

Contact

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Articles

Growing Up Jewish in Modern Baghdad

Growing Up Jewish in Modern Baghdad

03/21/2019
Celebrating Nowruz as a model for hope and change.
What Does the End of Racism Look Like?

What Does the End of Racism Look Like?

01/28/2016
The question was simple: “What would the world look like if there was no more racism?”
But Can You Pick Your Family?

But Can You Pick Your Family?

02/25/2015
Usually I would say I want to go to camp to see all my old friends, but to be honest they are not friends.
Learning from Little White Lies

Learning from Little White Lies

08/03/2014
Identity and race is something we all need to be able to talk about—even as Jews.
My People, My Birthright

My People, My Birthright

02/19/2014
Israel is a place where I learned about diversity— before I could articulate what diversity meant, I was able to see it and live it.