Deconstructing a Week: From Yom Kippur to Israeli Prison Torture to a Buddhist Coalition
Van Hollen spoke passionately about the deaths of nine American citizens who have been killed over the past four years with “no accountability or justice.”
Category: Commentary
Editorial pieces
My Dinner with Gloria: Rembrances from the Women’s Media Center
I was sitting next to the woman who had given me (and a vast multitude of others) the courage to speak openly. From her, we learned that our reactions to the prevailing culture were not only not crazy — but that we weren’t the only ones who had noticed that something was clearly off. It was a validation that society at large hadn’t previously offered.
Lessons from Montreal
My biggest takeaway was the constant reminder of the Indigenous lands on which Montreal was built and the efforts to educate the population and visitors about the history of those peoples. The recognition spanned the earliest days of colonization through the abuse by the Canadian government in the 20th century.
Feminist Leader and Human Rights Activist Yanar Mohammed Assassinated
Mohammed believed that all women, including those in the LGBTQ community, needed to achieve social integration and equality in order for democracy to occur in Iraq.
Hopes for the Jewish New Year 5786: “The Possibility of Beginning Again”
Clearly, it will be the people who can hold two narratives simultaneously that will lead the fight for change in the “Holy Land.”
Voting Rights and Environmental Justice Are Intertwined
It’s an overwhelming time. Seeing elected representatives trying to turn back the clock to when individual state statutes severely impeded the ability to vote is unimaginable. But it’s happening.
January 6, 2021: We Are Part of the Other
My personal anxiety had started in November 2016, on Veterans Day. It was just a week after the Election. In reaction to Trump’s win, I had opined on how his administration would portend for American Jews. “We are part of the other,” I warned.
On the Ground at Netroots Nation 2019
“This administration is working overtime to bring us back to medieval times. We’re not just spinning our wheels. We’re showing people what we want to do. Let’s go out and change this country!
Women’s Voices Stymie Trump Agenda
Just as mothers understand the pain of others trying to save their children from violence and desperate situations; that children must be defended against the horrors of unregulated guns; they also get that deregulating environmental regulations spells disaster.
Thoughts on July 4th
I believe in an America where people refuse to be silent. We will not be like the Germany citizens who said, “I had no idea what was going on.”
We will resist and we will prevail.
