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It is important to try to draw lessons from our collective past, but historical comparisons are tricky things.

We witnessed the astonishing goodness of the force of ordinary human neighbors, rising up in defense of decency, pluralism and democracy.

Everyone was caring for everyone in a stunning collective experience of loving our neighbor as ourselves.

We should not ignore what is happening in our own backyards.

The current anti-immigration crusade mirrors the rhetoric and actions of the last anti-immigration movement 100-plus years ago.

Torah admonishes us (36 times!) to love the immigrant as the Holy One does.

There is work to do, lives are at stake and our ancestors are depending on us to carry forward the legacy of accountability to this sacred obligation.

Abolition is more than the ending of legalized enslavement. It is a dismantling of institutionalized systems of oppression that enslave, imprison and devalue lives deemed expendable.

I suggest a five-point plan to help Jews who would like to act now but are not sure how to do so.

“Now it’s all right, right, Abba?” my daughter asked. “Because they got to Eretz Israel?”