Rabbis for Human Rights

Purim: A Serious Misunderstanding Of The Festival’s Mirth

Posted on March 7, 2012March 7, 2012 by Joshua Stanton

Purim’s cathartic effect is remarkable, providing an opportunity for Jewish communities to parody themselves and their own hierarchies and imbue often-serious religious practices with music and ... Read More

Peter King Hearings: A Crystallizing Moment for the Interfaith Movement?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Joshua Stanton

The hearings Representative Peter King recently held on the supposed “radicalization” of American Muslims are widely considered to be the most counterproductive in recent history. They sin... Read More

E-Islamophobia: The New Hatewave

Posted on February 8, 2011February 8, 2011 by Joshua Stanton

“My student just sent 500 of his closest friends and me an e-mail that says Obama is a radical Muslim only pretending to be a Christian. He wrote that if Obama becomes president, our country will be... Read More

Putting Islam on the Stand is Wrong and Misguided

Posted on January 18, 2011January 19, 2011 by Joshua Stanton

Socially and professionally, American Jews have often felt that they were being ‘put on the stand’ for their beliefs. Sometimes their beliefs even seemed to be on trial nationally – notably duri... Read More