Musings of an Aging Lesbian Sarah Hurwitz shared eight Jewish social justice values to celebrate each night of Chanukah which was published by the American Jewish World Service. I will share one a day for the eight days of Chanukah. Today at Sunday begins Day 3, CHESED: CHESED: Translated as “loving-kindness,” chesed isn’t just an emotion—it’s a kind
Assimilation is the blurring or erasure of identity and culture. ~~~Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – August 20 1308, France – Jacques de Molay (1243 – March 18, 1314), the leader of the Knights Templar, who denied
One of the many interesting tropes that Trump uses to justify firings and accusations is when someone does in fact commit a minor wrongdoing that pales in comparison to Trump’s own large structural wrongs. He uses their flaw as a smokescreen to hide his own and uses his power to blow up and escalate their
Kelly and I continue with On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder (2017). Snyder presents twenty lessons from the 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of today’s politics. On this blog, I present one lesson each day for 20 days (though I may insert a personal thought among the days). Kelly is posting them on our FB