Why I Camped Out at 2:30 AM to Watch Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Monday, June 25th, 1:00 AM
My alarm disrupts the silence, and in my sleepy, disoriented stupor I think it must be a mistake.
Never Forget, Never Again: Why Holocaust Education is Critically Important Today
On my second Tuesday in D.C. I was sitting at my desk at the Jewish Federations of North America and facing what had already become my typical afternoon low-energy wall.
Listening to Our Grandparents’ Stories: My Summer at the American Association for People with Disabilities
A few years ago, my grandpa was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. My grandparents hurried to find an assisted living facility, where they could gradually increase the level of care my grandpa received.
4 Ways to Cultivate Sacred Partnerships
In congregations, deep relationships between lay leaders and professionals carry a unique element of holiness. Here are four ways to nurture these sacred partnerships.
How a Terrorist Attack on My Bar Mitzvah Day Led Me to Advocacy Work
I knew that this was my time to act. As a Jewish teenager who had just celebrated his bar mitzvah in the holiest place to the Jewish religion, a teenager with a responsibility.
Just Keep Marching, Even When the News is Disappointing and the Road Ahead is Tough
“Stop lying to women!”
Just Keep Marching, Even When the News is Disappointing and the Road Ahead is Tough
Despite discouraging news out of Washington this summer, I implore those fighting for justice across this country to not back down.
This is America: A Reflection on the Interfaith Delegation to the Border
But this is America. This is the same America that took the children of enslaved African Americans and sold them, often as a means of punishment or as a way to control the behavior of those who resisted the system. This is the same America that took First American children from their parents and placed them in boarding schools and stripped them of their native language and culture. This is the same America that placed Japanese American children in cages during World War II. And this America is now taking brown babies and children from South America and Central America from their parents. Diminishing the humanity and dignity of people of color is very American, and children are not exempt from these cruel acts of racism. This is America! This is us!
Never Forget, Never Again: Why Holocaust Education is Critically Important Today
All of a sudden, I got very scared, realizing in a very visceral way that my children will never hear firsthand a story of the Holocaust.