Main Street “unraveled in the 1960s and 1970s, as fair trade laws were repealed, manufacturers discovered overseas suppliers and unions came undone”
To save Main Street, state lawmakers in the 1930s passed “fair trade” legislation that...
Monthly Archives: April 2017
“…despite the country’s fondness for aspirational rhetoric, our illiberal traditions have serious staying power, too”
As a point of strategy, it may behoove Democrats to embrace patriotic or nationalistic...
“I have been obsessed lately with trying to draw distinctions between what we call the moral, the political, and the partisan”
I have been obsessed lately with trying to draw distinctions between what we call...
“Through their sharp political interpretations of the Passover story, Rav and Shmuel described the political condition of the Jewish people long after the Exodus from Egypt”
In its transition from Joseph’s death to a new era, the book of Exodus...
“I find Pesach stunning for its integrating the particular redemption story of a particular people into a moral message that is universal; or the reverse, routing a universal story into the particular story of the Jewish nation”
I find Pesach stunning for its integrating the particular redemption story of a particular...
“Pesach: better for peoplehood organizing, in my view, than community organizing…”
I am not enamored by the politicization of Seder symbols into clear public policy...
“The core pedagogies of the Haggadah are asking questions and telling stories”
The core pedagogies of the Haggadah are asking questions and telling stories. Real questions...
“Many in our community contend that President Trump’s strong support of Israel counterbalances his defects and justifies our support of him. I do not agree because l am fearful and I very much hope that I turn out to be wrong that his antics will end up being detrimental to both this country and to Israel”
In democracies, elections come and go rather frequently and the day after, the rain...
“So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges?”
So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges? Is it inertia? Are organizations embarrassed...
“‘Weaponize’ was born in the 1950s as military jargon”
“Weaponize” was born in the 1950s as military jargon. It was an instantly comprehensible...