Larisa Thomason
By Larisa Thomason
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Opinion When Roy Moore Compared Gay Marriage To The Holocaust
Roy Moore has won a primary election to run as the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alabama. Two years ago, he compared gay marriage to the Holocaust to explain why he refused to accept a Supreme Court decision on the issue. If you’d even consider asking “What’s the difference?” between Nazi Germany’s systematic murder…
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Life Inspiring ‘Em Way Down in Dixie
It’s easy to look at the struggle for justice in the Deep South through the lens of Hollywood dramas like ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ or ‘Selma.’ Things are a bit trickier when the battles are real — but that’s exactly what Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar faces every day at Temple B’nai Sholom in Huntsville, Alabama. Whether it’s…
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News Deep in Dixie, Synagogue Stands Up for Gay Marriage — and Couples Flock To Say ‘I Do’
What happens when you marry frigid weather, a deep-in-the-heart-of-Dixie battle over same-sex nuptials and a synagogue determined to take a stand for equality? Welcome to “Wedding Week” in Huntsville, Alabama, where the city’s only Reform congregation stepped up to host the celebration of all things matrimonial after the state’s top judge resisted a federal court…
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Yiddish זום: ייִדן אין 1942 שרײַבן, פֿאַר וואָס זיי זענען אַוועק פֿון דער אַלטער הייםZoom: Jews in 1942 write why they left the old country
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