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How Should We Memorialize the Holocaust?

by Deborah Fripp | May 2, 2019 | Commemorations

The Holocaust is in danger of being remembered as just another historical atrocity inflicted on the Jewish people. Traditionally, Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—has been a time to listen to survivors. Soon, we will no longer be able to sit and listen to them...

Coexist is not enough

by Deborah Fripp | Apr 10, 2019 | Changing the Way We Think

Our holy books do not tell us to “tolerate the stranger.” They tell us to love them. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

Hate has no community

by Deborah Fripp | Mar 27, 2019 | Changing the Way We Think

We cannot allow terrorists to lay claim to the values of our communities. Once again, a terrorist has come into a place of peace and used community as a cover to commit an act of evil. In this case, he claimed to be working for the advancement of the white, Christian community. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

How Should We Memorialize the Holocaust?

by Deborah Fripp | May 2, 2019 | Commemorations

The Holocaust is in danger of being remembered as just another historical atrocity inflicted on the Jewish people. Traditionally, Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—has been a time to listen to survivors. Soon, we will no longer be able to sit and listen to them...

Coexist is not enough

by Deborah Fripp | Apr 10, 2019 | Changing the Way We Think

Our holy books do not tell us to “tolerate the stranger.” They tell us to love them. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

Hate has no community

by Deborah Fripp | Mar 27, 2019 | Changing the Way We Think

We cannot allow terrorists to lay claim to the values of our communities. Once again, a terrorist has come into a place of peace and used community as a cover to commit an act of evil. In this case, he claimed to be working for the advancement of the white, Christian community. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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Memorializing the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Nathan Rapaport’s Monument

by Lynne Feldman | Mar 15, 2023 | Monuments & Memorials

In the heart of the Yad Vashem memorial mountain stands a monument to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, created by sculptor Nathan Rapoport. An almost identical monument stands in the heart of what used to be the Warsaw ghetto in Poland.

Changing the narrative on slavery in America

by Deborah Fripp | Mar 7, 2019 | Changing the Way We Teach, Changing the Way We Think

If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that the story of slavery in America is often told by the perpetrators. Isn’t it time we started to listen to the voices of the victims? [redirects to the Times of Israel]

Pulling the Arc of the Moral Universe Toward Justice

by Deborah Fripp | Feb 26, 2019 | Changing the Way We Think

How is it possible that we are still fighting racism, sexism, and antisemitism in this country? We thought we were the most forward-looking country in the world, a light unto the nations. We thought we had evolved beyond such destructive tribalism. We thought we could see the arc of the moral universe bending toward justice before our eyes.[1] We just had to sit back and let it happen.

That was our mistake. Bending toward justice does not happen when we sit back and watch. Even treading water requires effort and vigilance. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]