Promoting International Religious Freedom in the New Year
During this holiday season, which highlights the diversity of religious traditions that are celebrated in communities throughout the world, we are moved to think about those who do not the same freedom to celebrate as we do in the United States.
Vital Stimulus Package Must Also Support Most Vulnerable Communities
Saperstein: "The number of Americans in need is expanding, and so must our compassion, creativity, and collective will to help them through this trying time."
The Politics of Prejudice and the Syrian Refugee Question
The many thousands of Syrian refugees seeking a safe haven on our shores are being twice victimized – first by the bloody civil war that caused them to flee their homeland, and a second time by the prejudice and fear making us indifferent to their suffering and squeezing their chance of asylum to
A Conversation with Award-Winning D’var Torah Writer Anna Hirsh
Anna, a sophomore from Boulder, CO, wrote in her winning d'var, “The refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East is the biggest migration crisis since World War II – when we, the Jewish people, were the strangers.” We spoke with her to learn how her perspectives on this topic have developed since she wrote her d’var three months ago.