"Give up," my coworker says to me, as she watches me hack away at the keyboard angrily. "They'll never listen to you. You can't change the world." My coworker's words of encouragement were said about my reaction to this article (sorry, can't find English link just yet) which my friend posted on Facebook this morning. It talks… Continue reading Dear World, This Is Not What Judaism Really Is
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Keep Moving Forward – On Holocaust Education
I have a confession to make. I don’t like the holocaust. I don’t like thinking about, reading about, or talking about the holocaust. I don’t like hearing disturbing jokes about the difference between Santa and the Jews. I don’t like confronting the horrors in our past. I admit it. I don’t like learning about the… Continue reading Keep Moving Forward – On Holocaust Education
Pro Choice – One Particular Choice
A year ago I received a flier in the mail attached to a dvd with a picture of four smiling teenage girls on the cover. I flipped through the flier and found a series of ultrasound photographs of a fetus at different stages of pregnancy. The captions were in first person, and said things… Continue reading Pro Choice – One Particular Choice
Who Needs Racism? An Unforgettable Adventure
Have you ever heard of Muslims and Jews in the Middle East joining hands to battle violence against women? Stay tuned. You're about to get an earful. I volunteer as an assistant in a self-defense program for women called IMPACT. The course we finished yesterday was for a group of Muslim women in East Jerusalem.… Continue reading Who Needs Racism? An Unforgettable Adventure
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