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Trump, Sanders, and the rhetoric of Jewishness
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders represent two very different ways of talking about Jewishness. There seems to be many ways for presidential candidates to pander to Jews. One might look to the 2012...
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Stop analyzing Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness
Bernie Sanders speaks at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. | Supplied by Gage Skidmore A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Bernie Sanders makes the decision to talk...
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What Kitty Genovese teaches us about Donald Trump
The clock tower at Indiana University, where Samantha Levinson saw a Muslim student harassed by a protester. | Photo by Samantha Levinson When my Rabbi first told me about Kitty Genovese, it was my...
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Jewish pluralism — and its limits
Donald Trump speaks at an August 2015 town hall in New Hampshire. | Supplied by Michael Vadon [CC-4.0]The Jewish community has always been in the project of negotiating itself — what people are part...
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It’s time for Jews to become intersectional
Donald Trump speaks at an August 2015 town hall in New Hampshire. | Supplied by Michael Vadon [CC-4.0]“Is _________ good for the Jews?” This question seems to be asked any time a major political...
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IfNotNow’s protest at the ADL ended with 17 arrests — and stronger...
IfNotNow’s “Liberation Seder” in New York on Wednesday began with a march from Bryant Park to the lobby of the Anti-Defamation League’s office building, and ended with the arrests of 17 protesters....
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Students React to Trump’s Victory
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, New Voices asked students across America and Canada for their first reactions to Donald Trump’s poll-defying win in the 2016 presidential election. Students share their experiences...
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Our Institutions Will Survive Trump
I’m not afraid of the big bad wolf. But I do worry about the people that voted for him. Last week on “Real Time” with Bill Maher – a primary news and politics outlet for a huge number of my peers –...
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We Can Fight Our Fear of Trump’s America
Original version published on the blog “floating, falling, flying.” The election of a United States president should not be met with fear. I am in Tacoma, Washington, where the sky is usually cloudy,...
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Steve Bannon: Sympathy for White Supremacists in the White House
President-elect Donald Trump has started to select members for his upcoming cabinet. Two positions have already been filled: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus as chief of staff and...
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Students Protest Steve Bannon at the ZOA Gala
“Racist, fascist, anti-gay! Stephen Bannon, go away!” Jewish protesters shouted last night as they marched toward the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City – where Stephen Bannon, Donald Trump’s...
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Is the Other Side as Stupid as You Think?
Original version published on whoknowsoneblog.wordpress.com. With our country divided, and the finger pointing showing no sign of decreasing, we need to step back and wonder, what led to this national...
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Protest as an Act of Prayer
Campus protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota | By Fibonacci Blue [CC BY 2.0], via Creative CommonsMy feet are aching, but I keep walking. I’m stopping 4 a.m. traffic, clogging Pittsburgh’s throughways as...
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Jewish Institutions, Oppose Bannon – or Millennials Will Leave You Behind
Over the past three weeks, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Steve Bannon for chief strategist has drawn a lot of attention. Bannon has been accused of turning conservative website Breitbart...
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Are We White Right Now?
After the election, my friend’s younger brother called from Israel. “Are we white?” he asked. Her immediate response was, “Not anymore.” As I listened to my friend talk about this exchange, I wasn’t...
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This Is a Safe Space – Unless You’re Conservative
People who disagree with me are not worthy of my attention or my respect. At least that’s the message my fellow progressives are sending conservative students on campus. Here’s how the argument goes:...
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7 Best Tweets by Jewish Women Hitting the Streets
In the wise words of Beyonce, girls run the world – and, this past weekend, they proved it, marching in the hundreds of thousands toward the White House on Saturday as a response to Trump’s...
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An Angry Rant Inspired by “Jewish Students” Google Alerts (AKA Write for New...
Everyone has their morning rituals. I roll over, sleepily grab my phone, and look at my Google Alerts for “Jewish students,” which supplies me with all the day’s news featuring campus Jews. As the...
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In Trump’s America, Open Campus Communities Matter More Than Ever
A few weeks before the election, the Wesleyan Jewish Community, a proud Open Hillel, gathered in our sukkah to discuss the meaning of Jewish values. Students from Cardinals for Israel, J Street U, and...
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This Jewish “Well-Behaved Woman” Marches
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” So read my sign, after several hours of dorm room crafting, not to mention the days of agonizing over what to write for the Women’s March on Washington. My...
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