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JUDAISM

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Often not making it to the front page are the hints of light in the gloom—solitary flashes of good news that pry open the door to a more hopeful future.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
In the midst of all the anger, hate, death and destruction in the world, Christmas reminds us that love and charity are the greatest gifts of all.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
It takes just over an hour—roughly 75 minutes—for TikTok to deliver Nazi content to a new user who didn’t search for it.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
We prosper in the presence of diversity. It is our understanding and appreciation of our differences that is the foundation of that prosperity.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Defiant resolve in the face of adversity and hate—this is what connects Jews today with the Jews of yesteryear. It is this we celebrate on Hanukkah.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
The path taken by those who choose hate is the one true path to perdition.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The minority religions of Rhode Island needed to know: Was this just lip service or was this real?
INCLUSION & RESPECT
Personally, as one raised in the Orthodox tradition of Judaism, I found the book enthralling.
TOLERANCE
If we keep enforcing the “my religion is better than yours” game—if we keep squashing the religious freedom of another by insisting on the exclusivity of our own—we’re not going to make it.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The Jews, then, were set apart in the ancient world, a factor that worked both for them—preserving a unique and imperishable identity—and against them, making them stand out as “different,” and hence a people to be watched closely and suspiciously.