admin | June 30, 2020
As someone who has worked in media for the better part of the last decade, Ive been quite disappointed at the way certain figures who have demonstrated themselves to be bigots with tremendous amounts of prejudice have been normalized.
admin | June 30, 2020
This 2019 photo shows Duncan Lemp in Venice, Italy. (Mercedes Lemp via AP)(Photo: Mercedes Lemp via AP) During a congressional debate last week, U.S. Rep
admin | June 30, 2020
The acute paucity of newTV shows to write about or review this week (indeed, this entire month) presents an opportunity for reflection today. By coincidence, the current TV Blogunder its present author reached a milestone on Monday: No. 1,500
admin | June 30, 2020
While America grapples with racism and bigotry and other societal ills, Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory said that people must reach out to one another, learn about others different from themselves and rediscover that all religions teach that hatred is wrong.
admin | June 30, 2020
Omer Yankelevich is the new minister of Diaspora affairs in Israel, meaning shes in charge of managing the Jewish states relations with Jewish communities abroad. It has never been an easy task, but tensions in recent years between Israel and the United States, as well as other international Jewish communities, have boiled to all-time highs over several high-profile social, political and religious disagreements.
admin | June 30, 2020
In the four-part limited seriesUnorthodox, show creator Anna Winger tells a story about a young woman from a Hasidic community in Brooklyn named Esty (Shira Haas), who leaves her arranged marriage and travels to Berlin, not to escape, but to find out who she really is. The series, which debuted in March, is inspired by Deborah Feldmans bestselling memoir and tells a very specific story. During a Q&A after a screening of the first episode at the Deadline Virtual House, Winger said that it has had a significant impact across the globe
admin | June 30, 2020
The Makings of a Scapegoat Recently it was announced that the first COVID-19 vaccine trials had begun taking place in South Africa and in Brazil, and I almost busted a gasket at the realization that Black people the world over had once again be used as medical buffers for White people. The duping began very early in the coronavirus crisis, when memes and news articles from unreputable outlets seemed to proliferate the social media with articles claiming to quote an official regarding the immunity of Black people to COVID. From there, the meandering rollercoaster of misinformation then tipped in the opposite direction, saying that Black people wereactually MOREsusceptible to COVID due to underlying conditions, such as heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes and smoking
admin | June 29, 2020
When Rabbi Steve Lebows farewell Shabbat to the Kol Emeth congregation was in the planning stages a few months ago, he never envisioned speaking to families seated in lawn chairs scattered throughout the Synagogues parking lot, with every person watching from behind a face mask. If you want to make God laugh, all you have to do is tell him your plans, the 65-year-old rabbi joked as he walked among his flock before the outdoor service Friday night.
admin | June 29, 2020
I am fascinated by how quickly people adapt their behaviors. The virus has made everyone nervous and willing to do almost anything to change, to get back to the old normal. For those of us who are Orthodox, we are not about to give up going to minyan
admin | June 28, 2020
Members of the Merkaz Ha-Iyr congregation.(Photo: David Schwartz/Special for The Republic) After 12 years of providing an "inclusive" space to celebrate Judaism, Phoenix's Merkaz Ha-Iyrsynagogue is formally disbanding Tuesday. Two members spoke to The Arizona Republic about their experience building the synagogue in 2008 and raising their children with its teachings, saying they feel nostalgic about its closure but grateful for the foundation it provided their families over the years. Alan Bayless Feldman's family was among the congregation's founding members.
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