Rights
Meet The Feminist Jewish Doctor Who Fought For Civil Rights — At All Costs
One of the first Jewish women to graduate Harvard Medical School, Dr. Nanette Wenger worked tirelessly to end segregation in Atlanta hospitals.
Female Genital Mutilation Protected By The Constitution? These Lawyers Say So.
Two Michigan doctors and another person are defending their participation in female genital mutilation against young girls as religious liberty.
Photographer Steve Schapiro Recalls Shooting the Images That Marked the Civil Rights Era
When Schapiro agreed to give a talk on January 19 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, he didn’t know it would be on the cusp of Donald Trump’s inauguration and another march on Washington, one inspired by the 1963 march. But the timing gives his photos special resonance now.
Selma and the Dangers of Jewish Entitlement
Chanel Dubofsky argues that the demand for Jews to be included in ‘Selma’ parallels the demand of white men to be included in other people’s narratives.
Lawyer's Quixotic (and Groundbreaking) Crusade for Chimps Rights Fails
In the first case of its kind, a New York appeals court has rejected an animal rights advocate’s bid to extend “legal personhood” to chimpanzees, saying the primates are incapable of bearing the responsibilities that come with having legal rights.
Memories of Nelson Mandela from Zionist Childhood
Nelson Mandela’s death reminds J.J. Goldberg of a less-complicated time when Jewish and African freedom struggles went hand in hand.
Eric Rosenthal
When Eric Rosenthal, 49, won this year’s Charles Bronfman Prize, which recognizes the work of Jewish humanitarians under 50, he was stupefied, and not just because it came with a $100,000 stipend.
American LGBT Leaders Head to Israel
American LGBT leaders from advocacy organizations, government and academia visited the Gay Center, owned and operated by the city of Tel Aviv.
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Four Perfect Pebbles - Human Rights Lecture by author and Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan
On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at the Boise State University Special Events Center, Boise State University’s Andrus Center for Public Policy sponsored a free human rights lecture featuring author and Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan.