racism

5 Commitments to Make in Honor of the MLK Holiday

Fifty years ago, the images of the violent beatings of non-violent marchers beginning their walk from Selma to Montgomery marked a ...

Mourning & Action

Our hearts are heavy.This past Thursday evening marked the onset of Tu B’Av, the traditional Jewish holiday celebrating love. Yet ...

Fighting for our Sacred Center

Yesterday, around the world, we Jews observed Tisha B’Av, a day of grieving the historical destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, ...

On Passing and Not Trying to Pass

I am black, and I am Jewish.I’ve always found comfort in the and of my identity — that simple part ...

A Rabbi Mourns African American Christians

“’…But, mother, I won’t be alone. Other children will go with me, And march the streets of Birmingham to make ...

The Three People Touched by Death

In this week’s Torah portion, Hukkat, Israel is given an interesting law. We are commanded to give a perfectly red ...

Passover and the Need for Wiser Questions

In college, David Abusch-Magder (then David Abusch) decided to take a class in African dance. Over the years he had watched ...

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 ...

Zoom In, Zoom Out: What Lens Are You Looking at Ferguson Through?

When I was a college student, I remember an image from a class that has stuck with me. It was ...

Sterling NBA Ban: So It’s Finished?

“So it’s finished?” I heard one commentator on local NPR ask sarcastically in a discussion about the NBA decision to ...