Current Events

"Unite the Right" Organizers Lose Big in Court

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

December 13, 2021

Amy Spitalnick is the executive director of Integrity First for America (IFA), the civil rights nonprofit behind Sines v. Kessler - the successful federal lawsuit against the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and hate groups responsible for the violent "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. I sat down with Amy, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, to get her views on the significance of this lawsuit.

Current Events

Remembering Kristallnacht After Pittsburgh

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

November 3, 2021

On November 9, we will mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), the Third Reich's first large-scale attack on the Jews of Germany and Austria in 1938.

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Current Events

Reflections on Observing Black History Month in the Wake of the Capitol Insurrection

Robin Harrison

February 23, 2021

This is not yet the America most of us dream of, but it is an unavoidable part of our DNA. American equality and exceptionalism are checks that are still in the mail. If we truly love what this country is capable of, we must continue to speak the hard truth to power.

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Jewish History

Nationalism Unhinged: Jewish Insight and Wisdom

Rabbi Josh Weinberg

January 19, 2021

In Hebrew, two terms describe two different aspects of nationalism. Leumiut directly translates to “nationalism"; leumanut carries a jingoistic, chauvinistic, supremacist, and extremist brand of nationalism.

Jewish Values

Why Judaism Puts Faith in the Counsel of Scientists

Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D.

January 14, 2021

Jewish tradition comes down decidedly on the side of science. One of the primary values in Jewish legal thought: Pikuach nefesh, saving a life, overrides almost every other religious mitzvah.

Current Events

"Unite the Right" Organizers Lose Big in Court

Remembering Kristallnacht After Pittsburgh

Reflections on Observing Black History Month in the Wake of the Capitol Insurrection

Nationalism Unhinged: Jewish Insight and Wisdom

Why Judaism Puts Faith in the Counsel of Scientists

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