Dr. Tamara Mann Tweel is the Director of Strategic Development for Hillel International’s Office of Innovation and a professor in the Freedom and Citizenship program at Columbia University.
Tamara Mann Tweel
By Tamara Mann Tweel
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Community In Defense Of White Tablecloths
My Nana’s kitchen had wallpaper on the ceiling. You would look up and see this crisp delft blue pattern, not unlike a plate or mug she might have owned. There were two tables, one for the family behind the open shelf, and the other for her and my grandfather. It is this table that I…
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Community Want To Be Radical? Forge True Friendship.
In 2017, our minds have succumbed to thinking in antonyms. There are two of everything these days, be it political affiliations or moral positions. We are drowning in a form of dualism that pits each of us against the other and aggravates every form of difference. This is a lonely way to live and a…
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