Race

The Context of Hate

They did not know it was a Jewish cemetery. They did not intend it to be an act of Antisemtism.So ...

Does “Selma” Deserve an Oscar? Ask Butch and Sundance

With the Wild West fading and the railway men closing in, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid head for the ...

Created In G-d’s Image

L’chaim- to life, but to celebrate without knowing, would merely divert those from seeing my true being. You see, what ...

“The State of the Union is …”

Every January I reflect on the lessons of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, ...

A Lesson from Moses to Martin Luther King Jr.

During my childhood, I never understood why I found myself needing to adapt differently depending on which parent I was ...

White Moses and Black Bond

The recent Sony hacking scandal raised an uproar about the movie The Interview with Seth Rogen and James Franco. But ...

“Selma” A Jewish Take

This week I had the privilege of viewing an early showing of Selma , a movie about the historical events that ...

#BlackLivesMatter, A Jewish View

Black Lives Matter, on the first night of Hanukkah and also on the second night, the third night and every ...

From Ferguson Child, to Cop, to Criminal Attorney

When I think about Ferguson, Missouri I think about the Star Wars Trilogy. I spent every summer between the ages ...

Defusing the Racial Timebomb

Over the last few weeks, as America waited for the Grand Jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown and ...