Tag: Civil Rights

“Diversity,” “Equity,” and “Inclusion” in MLK’s Words and in Jewish Thought

Open any newspaper, or click on any online news site, and, virtually every day, you will find descriptions of “DEI” as an extremely harmful phenomenon. ...
January 18, 2026 Ethics Inclusion

A Spring Reading List for Shevat: Renewal and Equality

While it might still be January, the days are ever-so-slowly getting longer and many of us are looking forward to spring. The natural world will ...
January 15, 2026 Living

Victims and Victimizers: A Social Justice Reading of the Haggadah’s Two Origin Stories

On Telling and Not Telling Our Full Story The Passover Haggadah promotes two Jewish origin stories. The dominant story is Avadim hayinu, which relates how ...
January 13, 2026 Passover

Why Are So Many Transgender People Converting To Judaism?

In 2021-22, I interviewed 45 transgender Jews from across the US. Around 33% of participants had converted or were in the process of converting to ...
December 29, 2025 Conversion LGBTQ+