Catastrophe in America: Racism, Violence, & Tishah B'Av
I had a friend in college named Ray. He was a good guy. He had a lot of the qualities I thought I lacked when I was in college. Ray was good looking, athletic and charismatic. He was a running back on the school's football team.
Meet the 2021-2022 Eisendrath Legislative Assistants
Hate Crimes Continued to Rise in 2020: Will the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act Give Us Hope for the Future?
A Year of the Arab Spring: How Far Have We Come?
A year ago this week President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia resigned in the face of public protests, a month after the self-immolation that inspired unpreceden
The Peace-ful Warrior
My most poignant image of the Six Day War is the photograph of a young Israeli soldier praying at the Kotel, the Western Wall, enveloped in a talit, with an Uzi submachine gun hanging from his shoulder.
Staying Safe This Summer
This summer, through the Religious Action Center's Machon Kaplan program, I am interning for the Children’s Environmental Heath Network (CEHN).
A Letter to My Charlottesville Congregation
One Year Later, World’s Newest Country Faces Atrocities
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the referendum that established South Sudan’s independence. It was a historical day when 98.8% of South Sudanese voters elected to secede from the North.