In his opening remarks at the Never is Now! Anti-Semitism Summit in New York, Anti-Defamation League National Director Jonathan Greenblatt pledged today that he would register as a Muslim should the Trump Administration move forward with its plans to put all foreign-born Muslims on a watchlist. “As Jews, we know the righteous and just response. All […]
US politics
John F. Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Ideals, 1962– How different they are from Ours
The fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has brought forth a flood of books and documentaries. On this Thanksgiving, what strikes me is the ideals JFK put forward in his Thanksgiving proclamations, and how different they are from today’s discourse in Washington, D.C. Kennedy wrote in November of 1962 that “It […]

