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Rebecca Sugar

Rebecca Sugar is a freelance writer and philanthropic consultant in New York.

The diversity, equity and inclusion agenda endangers Jews and corrupts academia.
Offering absolution in exchange for checks made out to organizations that “fight hate” is worth laughing at.
Cancel culture never stops at “legitimate” targets and often overlooks inconvenient ones.
“This Hanukkah will be very special,” says Hanan Singsit, “because we will celebrate it where the Maccabees prevailed. Their victory is now our victory, too.”
Rabbis in the midst of preparing social-action sermons might want to reconsider their topics.
Difficult as it may be, teachers are expected to say “no” to an improper request and to help students understand why using a school forum for their own political agenda is, in fact, improper.
More than culinary delicacies and close-knit families, I see in these communities something that I used to take for granted in Ashkenazi American Jewish life just a few decades ago: unapologetic pride in Israel.
If we want our communities to truly partner again, we have to remember what made us partners in the first place—not guilt, not resentment, not the color of our skin and not even oppression.
Have we made a case to Jews and pro-Israel allies on campus as to why they should support Israel once the attacks against the Jewish state become fewer and less impactful?