Parashat Shmini, and Having a Home — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

This week’s Torah portion, Shmini (“Eighth”) is  halfway through the annual cycle, and the 3rd Parashah in the book of Vayikra/Leviticus.         This week, I am on break, so please imagine and comment here:   What could equity of responsibility and citizenry look like, if every person had a home?   I […]

Parashat Shmini, and Having a Home — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

«Los mineros de oro están destruyendo nuestros ríos, nuestro bosque y nuestros niños. Nuestro aire ya no es limpio, nuestro juego está desapareciendo…

Niño Yanomami jugando en el ríopintura: Barbara Crane Navarro «Mis abuelos pescaban en este río para alimentar a la comunidad. Ahora todo es …

«Los mineros de oro están destruyendo nuestros ríos, nuestro bosque y nuestros niños. Nuestro aire ya no es limpio, nuestro juego está desapareciendo…

I THOUGHT ISRAEL WAS GETTING BETTER, but…

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Marty Levine March 15, 2022  ChangeCounts.net

This is not a pleasant story to write. I want so much to return to a time when I saw Israel as a place of comfort, wherein the words of Israeli Author AB Yehoshua, I could be a “full Jew.” But I cannot pay the price for that return, a price that requires accepting that as a Jew in the eyes of the Israeli government I am superior to my Palestinian brothers and that I am entitled to live by a separate set of rules and ignore the subjugation of my neighbors. But it is a story that needs to be written about a reality that cannot be ignored or excused.

A month ago I wrote about supporters of Israel, including many progressives, who screamed when Amnesty International (AI) dared, with open eyes, to look “at Israel’s practice of land acquisition and its control…

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Two weeks after dropping mask mandate, B.C. faces calls to mask back up | Globalnews.ca

Friday marks two weeks since British Columbia dropped its COVID-19 mask mandate, but there are growing calls for it to be reinstated.

The Safe Schools Coalition, a grassroots group of parents and educators, has penned a letter to education officials asking for a return to mandatory masking, as spring break comes to an end for most students.

Source: Two weeks after dropping mask mandate, B.C. faces calls to mask back up | Globalnews.ca

Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’ – The New York Times

In June 2020, shortly after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer who pinned Mr. Floyd’s neck under his knee, setting off protests across the country, school leaders wrote to the community about their approach.

“St. John’s, as an institution, must be antiracist and eliminate racism of any type — including institutional racism — within our school community and beyond,” wrote Mark Desjardins, then the school’s headmaster, and John Moody, the chairman of the board of trustees.

A statement on community and inclusion, approved by the board in 2018, says the school ensures “cultural intelligence and proficiency” for all community members. It also incorporates “cultural proficiency, diversity, global awareness and inclusivity into all facets” of the curriculum.