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When it’s an attack on your own community

Deborah Fripp — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:30:00 +0000

I awoke on Sunday morning in Singapore to the news that another synagogue was under attack. The rabbi and several congregants of a synagogue in Texas were being held hostage by an unknown assailant. An old story, a repeated story – Jews under attack for being Jews. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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Holocaust Education for Our Modern Conversation

Deborah Fripp — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 03:47:49 +0000

Twenty minutes. That’s how much time I have to teach a group of white, Christian, Texan women about the Holocaust. One message – that’s all I’ll get. If you had time to pass along one message about the Holocaust, what would it be? [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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Baby steps: Changing narratives about Jews in Spain

Deborah Fripp — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:21:32 +0000

I never really understood Chanukah until I went to Spain. Standing in a church that had been a synagogue until the Jews were all either expelled or murdered, looking at the crucifix hanging where the ark had been, I understood the Maccabees in a whole new way. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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Lessons of the Holocaust: Lock the door or welcome the stranger?

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:43:07 +0000

“Why do we need to teach the Holocaust?” This week, as we mark the first yahrzeit of the eleven people murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, I want to explore this question from a different angle, an angle of hopeful action. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]

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Coexist is not enough

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 08:02:24 +0000

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

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Hate has no community

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:04:00 +0000

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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Why I teach the Holocaust in Churches

Deborah Fripp — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:25:07 +0000

Holocaust education needs to be different in a church than in a synagogue. Although we like to think of Christians and Jews as similar, there are fundamental differences in our background knowledge of and emotional connection to the basic elements of the story of the Holocaust. These fundamental differences change how the story is heard, and therefore, how the story should be told. [Redirects to the Times of Israel.]

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Love is stronger than hate

Deborah Fripp — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 01:36:10 +0000

In the shadow of the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht[1], an attack on a synagogue is particularly chilling. But this was not Kristallnacht. When the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was attacked, people from all over poured in to help. In fact, as overwhelming as the grief and fear of the shooting was, the love in response has been almost more so. [redirects to the Times of Israel]

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