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Rebecca Sugar

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Hanukkah 2021

Rebecca SugarNovember 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 SugarAugust 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 SugarJune 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 SugarMarch 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 SugarJanuary 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 SugarDecember 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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