If you are a leader and practitioner working to politicize, transform, and mobilize Jewish communities to take more accountable action addressing antisemitism, racism, white supremacy, and white nationalism, this is for you. Anyone who resonates with the purpose, is moved by this concept, and who is actively doing this work is invited to apply. We look for individuals who will uniquely contribute to the community of practice and who will benefit from it, especially those who are isolated in their role or region and could greatly benefit from a network of peers, or have a marginalized identity in Jewish spaces.

We expect more people to apply than we will be able to accept. Our strategy is to grow intentionally and fractally, not fast and big. At Tzedek Lab we believe a nourishing culture is both critical to sustaining our movements and a key way we interrupt oppressive systems. As opposed to a base-building organization where numbers mean power, Tzedek Lab’s role is in building relational strength in our movement leadership. To support the relational culture of Tzedek Lab we are committed to intentional fractal growth rather than rapid expansion.

New Member applications are reviewed by a team of current Tzedek Lab members and staff that select new members using a rubric that looks for the following criteria: 

We prioritize applicants who are:

1. Able to attend the Network Gathering. This is where you get brought into Tzedek Lab culture and analysis, so it is key! (We strongly encourage all new members to attend the Gathering, but if you think Tzedek Lab would be a good fit for you and you can’t attend the Gathering, please still apply and we will be in touch.)

2. Actively leading through accountable and bold action that addresses antisemitism, racism and white supremacy and their intersections. You are a practitioner, meaning you are a seasoned leader and continue to deepen your practice or skills. 

3. Aligned with Tzedek Lab’s analysis and understanding of the intersections of antisemitism, racism and white supremacy. 

4. BIPOC, Raised Poor and Working Class, and those whose lived experiences are most directly impacted by white supremacy and central to the work to end it.

5. Isolated in geography or role, and would benefit from a network of connection and support. 

Being a member of Tzedek Lab can look any way that is meaningful for you! 

Joining Tzedek Lab means consenting to our Brit or Community Agreements, Membership Expectations and Benefits, Conflict and Harm Process, Shared Principles that reflect our political analysis, and making a monthly financial contribution at any amount that works for you.

We hope you want to participate in network activities, but you can truly be as engaged as you like. For many members that fluctuates and changes over time and there is no expectation of participation. 

Calls for mutual connection, support and learning: as they wish, members join TL’s regularly scheduled calls on Zoom weekly for Co-working, monthly for our Spiritual Care and Network Weaving Office Hours, Poor and Working Class Caucus and BIPOC Caucus, bimonthly in communities of practice by role, and quarterly for Full Network Calls and Disability Caucus. Members also self-organize emergent calls around live topics, work and questions. 

Network Gatherings: Every two years we gather to connect as a network, ground in our evolving shared analysis, share back from our experiments, and welcome new members. 

Access to resources: Tzedek Lab members request and share resources regularly. All members have access to our active member listserv, text threads, and our resource library. 

Participation in governance and stewarding the Lab: Tzedek Lab is stewarded by three staff with significant collaboration, consultation and participation from members. Members can opt in to participate in teams to help move the network forward, such as the Network Gathering team, Political Frame update team, Membership Week Drive fundraising team, Conflict and Harm team, and more.

Tzedek Lab is a network of individual practitioners currently and actively engaged in this work,  We do not ask that you formally represent the organization at which you work. We encourage staff members of organizations who are active in political education, community organizing, spiritual leadership, and cultural organizing against racism, antisemitism, and white supremacy to apply to join the network. 

. We consider your role in your organization to be a major asset to your work, in that you have access to a network of leaders and members and a location at which you are moving the work forward. We bring together individuals who have access to a wide spectrum of formal and informal networks so that we can learn from each other and experiment together. We are creating a network that will benefit both from tight clusters of individuals who experiment and work closely together and from people coming from very different experiences and locations.

You are welcome to apply just as you, the trainer, organizer, politicized healer, spiritual leader,  cultural worker or other flavor of leader that you are, and be a part of the network without any official organizational affiliation. 

We know that extraordinary political education, organizing, and spiritual and cultural work happens in grassroots collaboration, and individual praxis outside formal organizations just as much as it may through organizational work, and all of your  wisdom and connections are welcome and valued here. 

Our movements won’t succeed unless all of us are invested and take ownership, and organizations are most powerful when they are led by those they serve. We recently transitioned to  a member dues model so that we can be sustained and led by all of us together. 

In order to make Tzedek Lab possible, members contribute dues at an amount that is meaningful to them. 

Why member dues?

1. Monthly dues are more sustainable because they are more predictable and reliable. Research shows that 90% of monthly gifts will repeat the next year where only about 30% of one-times gifts repeat.

2. Monthly dues are in our movement's legacy as a financial model of collective cost sharing to support the organizations our movements need like co-op dues and union dues. Your contribution – regardless of size – makes you a member with decision making power and ownership of Tzedek Lab that strengthens and sustains this vital movement space.

3. Monthly gifts make it clear to other prospective funders that Tzedek Lab is so meaningful to movement practitioners that we give monthly building it into our budgets. This inspires them to give as powerfully and committed as our members do.  

Yes! We encourage members to give in accordance with their financial capacity and give an amount that feels meaningful to them. If monthly dues are not possible for you, you can make a one time gift of any amount . 

If you are considering not renewing your membership because making a financial contribution feels like a barrier, please don’t let that keep you away. Know that truly any amount will count as your membership even if that means that $5 is what you have to give.

Each year all members will fill out the Recommitment Form and set up their dues contribution for the next year, so at this time you only need to think about this coming year. 

Timeline:

• Applications Due: December 14, 2025

• Notifications of Invitation: Week of January 26, 2026

• New Member Confirmation Date: Week of February 2, 2026

• New Member Onboarding and Orientation: February 9-20, 2026

• Network Gathering: May 4-8, 2026.

We strive to make our gatherings and shared network space as accessible as possible, understanding that access is a core and key pathway to liberation for all of us. 

Our zoom spaces have auto-captioning available, when requested we give visual descriptions before speaking, and we will work with you to meet other access needs as we are able.  

The format of our zoom sessions typically includes break-outs for relational connection, use of the chat for celebration, affirmation and resonance, use of slides and emojis, along with the invitation and guided support to remember and be in our bodies throughout. Sessions are typically not longer than 90 minutes without a break, and everyone is invited to participate in the ways that bring them the most connection, liberation, and joy. If you have access needs not covered here, please reach out via our contact form.

Sure! If you are already connected with current Tzedek Lab members, we highly recommend reaching out to them to learn about what it's like. If you don’t already know TL members and want to speak with someone, fill out our contact form and someone from our team will be in touch.

Being connected to Tzedek Lab means one of the following:

• Joining the network as a member-practitioner

• Subscribing to our mailing list as a Friend of TL

• Joining TL as a donor and making a gift to support our work 

• Reaching out to us if you are looking for support for your community in addressing antisemitism, racism and white supremacy where you are. For the latter, message us through the contact form below to share what you are looking for and we will be in touch!