Practices for Defending Democracy
What can each of us do to protect democracy in the United States? Review multiple perspectives from Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Rabbi David Teutsch, Sabrina Sojourner, Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Rabbi Michael Pollack, Rabbi Alex Weissman, Ruth Messinger, Andy Levin and more.
Antisemitism
The Gestapo, the Storm Troopers and ICE
It is important to try to draw lessons from our collective past, but historical comparisons are tricky things.
March 2, 2026
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Justice
We Are Targets, Too: Two Days in Minneapolis
We witnessed the astonishing goodness of the force of ordinary human neighbors, rising up in defense of decency, pluralism and democracy.
March 1, 2026
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Justice
Minneapolis: Cultivating a Resistance, Both Tender and Fierce
Everyone was caring for everyone in a stunning collective experience of loving our neighbor as ourselves.
March 1, 2026
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Community
Kaplan and the Ideal of Democracy
The concept of “democracy” was essential and basic to Kaplan, even more than “civilization.”
February 16, 2026
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Community
October 2, 2024
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Justice
Introducing ‘Practices for Defending Democracy’
“We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism.” — Timothy Snyder
September 3, 2024
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