A rabbi at Standing Rock
Jewish Journal
November 29, 2016
This was a different Thanksgiving than I have ever experienced.
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Opinion
Syrian refugees are just like us — it’s time we started welcoming them
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2016
I recently spent three weeks in Greece volunteering to assist Syrian and other refugees. This is what I learned: these people are just like me.
The abuse of Halacha: Keeping Halacha under control
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2016
Judaism is in trouble. More and more of the unacceptable is being done and said in its name.
Like kryptonite to campaign finance reform
Marty Kaplan
November 28, 2016
When Hillary Clinton lost the Electoral College, most post-mortems faulted Democrats for failing to empathize with the anger and abandonment that non-coastal Americans were feeling.
Against hysteria
David Suissa
November 25, 2016
Whether you’re on the left or the right, it feels good to be outraged — to feel you have truth and justice completely on your side. Drumming up and sharing this outrage can galvanize volunteers, motivate donors and spur on like-minded comrades.
Anti-Semitism at Amazon is the real scandal
Jewish Journal
November 22, 2016
A constant drumbeat of sharp headlines has heralded former Breitbart executive Steve Bannon, president-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist, as an open anti-Semite.
Trump’s choice: Discriminatory policies or delivery on his economic promises
Rob Eshman
November 22, 2016
Last Sunday, I was 20 minutes late to the Dolores Mission Church. When I arrived, there was no place to sit, or even stand.
After Trump: Can Bipartisan friendships be saved?
Judy Gruen
November 22, 2016
OK, I’ll come clean: I voted for Donald J. Trump. More accurately, I voted against Hillary Clinton.
When progressives value politics over friends and family
Dennis Prager
November 22, 2016
A troubling pattern appears to be developing in America that good people of all political persuasions need to be aware of — and hopefully then do something to change it.
A tempered Ayaan Hirsi Ali preaches Muslim integration in the Age of Trump
Danielle Berrin
November 22, 2016
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the Somali-born author and activist best known for her outspoken and sometimes-incendiary critique of Islam.
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