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  3 Generations on the March: Were All of Us Rallying Behind One Message?

  I was very focused on the food, the cold and the crowds. And did I mention a terrorist bomb or crazed shooter? Though I was entirely sure of my philosophical, visceral desire to sign on for the Women’s March in Washington, the notion of hordes amassing in one location triggered every one of my Jewish…

  By Abigail Pogrebin

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  3 Generations on the March: A Feminist Activist on ‘One of the Best Days’

  The Forward asked three generations of the Pogrebin family to recount their experiences at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. Here the grandmother, a veteran feminist activist and writer, describes how this protest left her soaring. Read daughter Abigail Pogrebin’s account here and granddaughter Molly Shapiro’s essay here. Pardon the hyperbole but yesterday was one…

  By Letty Cottin Pogrebin Jan 22, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Are the ‘Frum Police’ Right To Judge Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump?

  (JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, attended the Inauguration Day service Friday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, a tradition that goes back to 1933. The live video showed the Trumps shaking hands with the pastor and entering the church, followed immediately by his daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner. No big deal,…

  By Andrew Silow-Carroll Jan 22, 2017 | 3 min read

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  Inauguration Weekend: Our Scribe Community On President Trump

  On Friday January 20th, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. Many Scribe contributors attended events around the world in celebration of (and marches in protest against) Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. Others opined on their hopes and dreams for the incoming administration. Read their provocative stories and reflections below: Opinions and…

  By Laura E. Adkins Jan 22, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Trump Never Misses an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity

  President Donald Trump could have used his inaugural speech to send an uplifting, inclusive message that all Americans can unite as a people despite our very real differences on issues such as racial and class equality, immigration, education, free-speech and the nation’s place in the world. I had also hoped the President, who arguably had…

  By Norman Siegel Jan 22, 2017 | 3 min read
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  How Trump’s Inaugural Pastor Misread the Bible

  It is the custom in our country, notwithstanding the enshrined principle of separation of church and state, for a clergy member to offer words of encouragement and moral guidance to the President-elect on the morning of the inauguration. On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly interviewed the designated minister, Robert…

  By Barat Ellman Jan 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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  How Senator Schumer and Rabbi Hier Snuck Jewish Dissent Into the Trump Inaugural

  At times, looking for the Jewish angle in a major public event can feel small, parochial and petty. Not this time. The contrast between the two Jews on the podium, Senator Chuck Schumer and Rabbi Marvin Hier, and everyone else who spoke was quite striking. Consider: Trump’s inaugural address. It offered a stark, angry picture…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 20, 2017 | 2 min read
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  The Fundamental American Value Missing From Trump’s Inaugural Address

  Our new president, Donald Trump, used his inaugural address to enunciate his particular view of American patriotism — dark, assertive, exclusionary, exceptional, supremely populist. “And this, the United States of America, is your country,” he said, pointing his finger at the throngs assembled on the mall in Washington but clearly speaking to the Americans who…

  By Jane Eisner Jan 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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  What a 12-Year-old Boy in Whitefish, Montana Taught a Rabbi

  Recently, Richard Spencer, a white supremacist who has garnered a lot of attention, inspired a campaign of intimidation and harassment against the Jewish community of Whitefish, Mont. a resort community where he and his family live. Racist web sites published the names and addresses of local Jews. Jewish children there were singled out for attack…

  By Shmuel Herzfeld Jan 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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  10 Steps For the American Jewish Community To Pursue Justice in the Trump Era

  We were made for this. The Jewish people and Jewish tradition itself were designed for survival. We were designed for social transformation. Now, with Donald Trump threatening the norms and institutions of our democratic society, we must come together to resist and respond to any attempt to set us back. We all hope that our…

  By Stosh Cotler Jan 19, 2017 | 5 min read
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  In the Rough: How Jewish Country Club Can Honor Barack Obama

  In 1924, Emory Keene, the proprietor of White Roe Farm in the Catskills, sent out a postcard about his lakeside resort, where the air was “pure and invigorating.” He pledged to meet trains if “notified in time.” Keene added a last line, though: “Hebrews and consumptives not accommodated.” I’ll tell you later how I know…

  By Robert Lehrman Jan 19, 2017 | 4 min read