Category: Politics
Dispatch from the Lifejacket Graveyard near Eftalou Beach in Lesvos Greece
There is a “lifejacket graveyard” on the island of Lesvos in Greece, where Syrian and Afghani refugees flee from wars, departing from the Turkish shores 4 kilometers away. This is where ad... Read More
How to Keep Your Cool When Engaging With Religious Zealots
My fingers hovered over the keyboard, ready to write a fighting response while my mind willed me that violence (even if only verbal) is never the answer. The blood steadily coursed through my veins ... Read More
Reflections on being a proud Jew in uncertain times
Mark Oppenheimer, in his article for the New York Times entitled “Reclaiming ‘Jew,’” states that Jews should be proud to call themselves Jews, rather than only state that they are “Jewish,... Read More
The Day I Learned About Systemic Oppression
In the days since the election I have reflected on how the stories we tell ourselves about the world are wrapped up with our identities. What a story means and how it is interpreted are a direc... Read More
Jewish Responses to Trump fears: Dialogue and Action
Among the progressive streams of Judaism, there is now a feeling of being overwhelmed by all the different challenges President Trump has either created or increased in both the political and cultural... Read More
The Power of Prayer and the Promise of Seven Generations
When you hear the terms ‘peaceful protest’ or ‘non-violent opposition’, if you know anything of our history, your mind thinks of two powerful leaders: Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Wh... Read More
The Women That ‘A Day Without a Woman’ Forgot
In the midst of the turmoil in our nation and world over the past few months, one of the developments that gives me hope is the exponential growth in the number of visible responses and ways we can ra... Read More
Special Purim in a New American Reality
This piece was written by Joshua Langer, one of the 2016-2017 Bridge Fellows. Throughout Jewish history, there are at least 100 known examples from a category of holidays called Special Purim. These S... Read More
Speak Truth to Power: Pro-Refugee Protesting Experience
Recently, my wife and I attended a protest to express our opposition to President Trump’s executive order to ban refugees from the seven Muslim-majority countries on the list it contained. The prote... Read More- 2 of 4
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