August Nimtz warns of the dangers—for Jewish people and progressives alike—of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic dual loyalty trope.
Jewish Wisdom
The Holocaust, the slaying of Jews in the U.S. and the Rise of White Nationalist Extremists
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rabbi Michael Lerner presents a strategy for preventing future instances of hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism.
Arts & Cultural Critique
The Accidental Activist
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Phillip Barcio details how the media falsely labeled Michael Rakowitz as the 2019 Whitney Biennial protester, then created the conditions they described.
Justice for All
Declaring My Gender Liberation
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Warren J. Blumenfeld travels a journey out of yet another closet: “My pronouns are Warren, Warren, and Warren in the first, second, and third person.”
Emancipatory Spirituality
The roots of Christian Privilege and Anti-Jewish Sentiments in Christian Theology
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In this first installment, Hannah Mecaskey Conley argues that faith must adapt in response to history and encourages us to recognize the beauty and pain of the Other.
Justice for All
At the Southern Border – “A Laboratory of Injustice, A Landscape of Hope”
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Rabbi Victor Reinstein reports on a recent trip to El Paso and urges us to “see ourselves in every refugee at the southern border,” affirming their humanity.
Mourning the Murder of Muslims in New Zealand
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Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis respond to the recent shooting at two mosques in New Zealand by calling not only for messages of solidarity but also for prevalent campaigns against all forms of hatred.
Is it OK to hate?
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Philip L Bereano reviews Nadine Strossen’s Hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship.
Justice for All
Cautionary Universal Lessons from Jewish Identity Politics
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Rabbi Michael Lerner insists that “a healthy identity politics movement must be one that embraces the equal importance of everyone else’s identity politics.”
Tikkun Daily
ICE Agents are Torturing Detainees in Their Custody
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Defending Rights and Dissent condemns the inhumane treatment of asylum-seekers in ICE detention centers.
Justice for All
Jewing the State of the Union
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Shaul Magid explains how Trump used the Holocaust to manipulate hatred against refugees and immigrants.
Justice for All
Learning from the Teacher Walkouts
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Lois Weiner examines recent teacher walkouts and reminds us that, if they are to be successful, social movements must uproot all forms of oppression.
Two Years Later: Resisting Trump in Michigan
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Ronald Aronson reports on the state of the progressive community two years into Trump’s presidency: “We are ready not simply to oppose Trump but to pose new goals.”
Children in Trouble
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Karen J. Greenberg reminds us that, despite we-are-not-them American exceptionalism, childhood is everywhere under threat and needs to be protected.
Politics & Society
Reflections on MLK Jr.
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In these two articles, authors Obery Hendricks and Ariel Dorfman reflect upon their connections with MLK, Jr.