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Hanukkah 2021
Rebecca Sugar
November 26, 2021
A lost tribe and a lost holiday
“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.”
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High Holidays 2021
Rebecca Sugar
August 27, 2021
Another year, another political lecture from the pulpit?
Rabbis in the midst of preparing social-action sermons might want to reconsider their topics.
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Rebecca Sugar
June 17, 2021
The Frisch moment
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.
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Passover 2021
Rebecca Sugar
March 30, 2021
Sephardic envy at Passover time
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.
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Rebecca Sugar
January 20, 2021
Black-Jewish dialogue in American needs a reset
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.
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Rebecca Sugar
December 18, 2020
After the BDS fight …
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?
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