Guest Columnist David Y. Chack As an Ashkenazi Jew, cis-male and white, I have privilege in American society. So seeing the protests expressing outrage and the need for change after the horrific deaths of Black people, including George Floyd and … Read More
This is the story of two proposed states of emergencies, neither or which was declared, though one still might be. The one that might be declared is President Trump’s threat to declare a state of emergency to do an end … Read More
“G-d said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” – Genesis 1:3 The creation of light figures prominently in our tradition. Just think of these examples: The burning bush, the directive found in Exodus to create the seven-branched menorah, … Read More