Posts tagged Paul Root Wolpe
What Is ‘Jewish Privilege?’ Well, it's complicated.
What Is ‘Jewish Privilege?’ Well, it's complicated.

(OPINION) The hashtag #JewishPrivilege was trending on Twitter in the month of July. But are Jews privileged? Many of them in America are white or white-passing, but others emphasize the effect of Anti-Semitism on Jewish communities.

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Opinion, North AmericaDave SchechterDave Schechter, Jewish, Jewish privilege, white privilege, white Jews, Torah, Deuteronomy, anti-semitism in the US, antisemitism, Hen Mazzig, Gil Troy, Ashkenazi Jews, Paul Root Wolpe, Tarece Johnson, Lois FrankComment
COVID-19 is forcing many Jews to change their Passover plans
COVID-19 is forcing many Jews to change their Passover plans

Passover seders are often cherished family memories. But this will be remembered as the year when a public health crisis prevented generations of family from gathering together, when those who did not travel watched on a computer screen as the story of the exodus from Egypt was retold.

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