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Jewish activism
Illustrative. Shabbat candlesticks. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
March 23, 2018, 5:52 pm
In college, I was an activist; then I found Shabbat
The day of rest reminds me that changing the world begins with improving myself
By Akiva Gersh
Naomi Hornstein (left) and Molly Schulman holding megaphones at an If Not Now protest outside the Zionist Organization of America gala in New York City. (Gili Getz)
March 16, 2018, 6:08 am
Progressive Jewish millennials are returning to their roots — thanks to Trump
Previously unaffiliated young Jewish adults are galvanized by the growth of the alt-right -- and increasingly draw on their heritage to project their values
By Steven Davidson
Illustrative: Hanukkah candles. (Flickr Commons)
November 27, 2017, 3:37 pm
Activism as fire or incremental light?
The Hanukkah candles suggest opposing ways to fight injustice: bold measures vs. small regular actions
By Tamar Zaken
October 26, 2017, 1:33 pm
Immigrants: We get the job done
Have Americans been conditioned to waltz into other countries and tell everyone how to run things better?
By Rachel Stomel
From the WebOctober 22, 2017, 3:46 pm
Bringing back the Judaism I love
My religion has been hijacked by extremists and the effects are devastating
By Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
A Nazi flag outside the German consulate's house on Chestnut Street in Beacon Hill, May 1940. (public domain)
September 4, 2017, 3:48 am
When Boston was America’s ‘capital’ of anti-Semitism
Prewar Boston was a hotbed of ties to Nazi Germany, both public and covert. During the war, Jewish youth paid a bloody price for years of virulent hate
By Matt Lebovic
Rabbi Shai Held, a co-founder of Mechon Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva, has just released a book of Torah commentaries. (Courtesy of Mechon Hadar/via JTA)
September 1, 2017, 12:42 pm
How Rabbi Shai Held is shaping the conversation around love and politics
The scholar wants to overcome the stereotype that ‘secular Jews are political activists' and 'religious Jews do mitzvahs,' saying he's 'never heard of a more false dichotomy'
By Ben Sales
August 16, 2017, 2:32 pm
I’m a rabbi and I was in Charlottesville
The play-by-play of her day as a 'care-bear' among the counter-protesters
By Lizz Goldstein
August 14, 2017, 3:27 pm
Charlottesville and moral audacity
It's time for faith leaders to take action against hate, for in their passivity, fanatics and violence proliferate
By Belle Jarniewski
May 14, 2017, 3:38 pm
Ma, thank you for the life you led
A tribute to his mother, whose story traversed the 20th century, and her passion for country, people, and family
By Daniel S. Mariaschin
April 25, 2017, 2:09 pm
Presidential Holocaust gaffes
Sean Spicer is not the first to politicize the death camps; Carter, Reagan, and Obama all misrepresented the Shoah
By Avi Weiss
Rabbi Marc Soloway hugs a baby goat named Sheleg at the Jewish Community co-op farm near his synagogue in Boulder, Colorado on April 10, 2014. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)
April 22, 2017, 2:24 pm
The 12 Jews who are leading the green movement
Whether they're demonstrating or making coffee with sustainably-raised goats' milk, Jewish environmental advocates have plenty to kvell about on Saturday's Earth Day
By Rich Tenorio
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