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September 14, 2025
Category: United States
June 13, 2025
Should the University of Minnesota Publish Faculty-Written Pro-Gaza Open Letters on their Website?
An English Professor's anti-Israel polemic against his employer forces us to ask what university websites are really for and what place controversy holds in higher-education marketing.
January 28, 2024
Are Jews White? {Reader’s Question}
How a debate about Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro revealed the shallowness of what race means.
April 24, 2023
What is the first question you should ask any candidate for office? [Reader’s Question]
Last week, a student asked me "what the hell is wrong with the North Dakota legislature?" The answer isn't what you think.
July 17, 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder is an Allegory for Gun Violence
Who will save our children when thoughts and prayers do nothing?
September 10, 2021
A Sermon for September 11th, 2001
I gave a Rosh Hashana sermon the week after the attack on The World Trade Center. I am surprised at how current it still feels.
September 8, 2021
Should We Read Adam Smith During Black History Month?
More than most of his contemporaries, Smith succeeded in recognizing the equal agency of individuals in the African diaspora.
March 6, 2020
Who do we vote for when the generations disagree?
Before the show began, a group of them started chanting, “please don’t make me vote for Joe Biden.” Others followed and for a glorious 90-seconds, the entire venue erupted in this collective lament. This chant haunts me.
June 24, 2019
What’s it like being Jewish in North Dakota? My testimony.
I recently testified via telephone before the North Dakota Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. I was one of six people to speak before the committee. It was a disaster. I and other speakers were disregarded and attacked. I realize now that my and others’ testimonies are too important to be limited to just the committee members. So, I am publishing my remarks here, for everyone to read.
September 24, 2018
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