Tag: political activism

November 23, 2016

A Time for “Eternal Vigilance”

sid.schwarz Articles authoritarianism, democracy, Donald Trump, Glass ceiling, Kristallnacht, political activism, Thomas Jefferson

Trauma is everywhere. I know. My experience would not be shared if I lived in Youngstown, OH; Lansing, MI; or Green Bay, WI. But I don’t. I live in suburban Washington DC and I am a rabbi who works with and among Jews. My synagogue was packed on the shabbat after the election. Many came […]

July 19, 2016

Elie Wiesel: The Echo Chamber of Moral Witness

sid.schwarz Articles Elie Wiesel, human rights, moral witness, political activism, Soviet Jewry

Although I had the privilege of hearing Elie Wiesel speak at least a dozen times and had the opportunity to once have a private meeting with him in conjunction with a book that I was writing, my thoughts about him actually relate to how much impact he had on those who never met the man. […]