She argues that, at the earliest possible age, white kids should be taught to identify whiteness as the root of racial injustice so that they can reject the pervasive racism that they would otherwise embody. I think her account of what causes police killings is too monocausal and that her zeal for uprooting racism sometimes strays into overgeneralization based in racial stereotyping. Regardless, her message that kids can choose to reject racism is laudable, and many school districts find it valuable. What follows is an edited and condensed version of our discussion.
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Friday, June 4, 2021
Donald Trump is getting worse
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/03/politics/donald-trump-2020-election-fraud/index.html
That follows on reporting from The New York Times
and The Washington Post that Trump is convinced that he will, at some
point this summer, be reinstated as president once a variety of kooky
and non-credible audits come to, uh, fruition.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Jerusalem Pride march sets out for first time in 2 years
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/jerusalem-pride-march-sets-out-for-first-time-in-2-years-670022
Heavy police barriers were set up in Bloomfield Park near Liberty Bell Park in preparation for a counter-protest by the far-right Lehava organization.
Officers will work to prevent clashes and protect participants, while
preserving freedom of expression and the right to protest.
An
ad reportedly by Lehava on behalf of the counter-protest referred to
the march as a “disgrace of Jerusalem,” “the dissolving of the natural
family” and a “trampling of traditional Judaism.”
Gafni: Abbas is the most religious person in this government
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307389
MK Moshe Gafni commented on the formation of the Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid government during a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Gafni said, "I was really worried. I heard that they were going to form a coalition and do things against the Torah there. For example, [Meretz chairman] Nitzan Horowitz will demand rights for LGBT people, as he calls it. The State of Israel going against the Torah? Inconceivable."
Gafni went on to say what ultimately reassured him. "Then [Ra’am
chairman] Mansour Abbas came and lifted my spirits. He does not give
LGBT rights. I did not trust Bennett. I thought he would concede. But
there is Abbas. Abbas is the most religious person in this government.
Meretz says coalition deal includes push for LGBT rights; Ra’am vows to oppose
Later, Army Radio spoke to Ra’am leader MK Mansour Abbas, who said he was not aware of any coalition commitment to advance LGBT rights.
“I don’t know about that, I didn’t see it in the basic guidelines [for the coalition] nor in the agreements,” Abbas said.
Asked if he would oppose the measures that Horowitz had raised, Abbas responded: “Without a doubt. We are a party with a religious background, all of our positions on the matter are drawn from the faith itself.”
LGBT+ conversion therapy: banned on Facebook, but thriving in Arabic
https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/HkDvQg89d
In recent years, a number of countries, including Brazil, Ecuador and Germany, have imposed total or partial bans on conversion therapy, which can include talk therapy, hypnosis, electric shocks and fasting.
In July 2020, a United Nations special rapporteur concluded that conversion therapy practices - long shunned by the mainstream medical community – can amount to torture and ill-treatment when conducted forcibly.
Despite increased global scrutiny, conversion therapy remains legal in most countries including in the Arab world, where LGBT+ people often face persecution or discrimination.
Why is Miriam accused of sinning when she clearly was only trying to help her sister-in-law?
Bamidbar (12:1) וַתְּדַבֵּ֨ר מִרְיָ֤ם וְאַהֲרֹן֙ בְּמֹשֶׁ֔ה עַל־אֹד֛וֹת הָאִשָּׁ֥ה הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָקָ֑ח כִּֽי־אִשָּׁ֥ה כֻשִׁ֖ית לָקָֽח׃
Ramban (Bamidbar 12:3) NOW THE MAN MOSES WAS VERY MEEK. This [is stated] to tell us that G-d Himself was zealous for Moses’ sake on account of his [great] humility, since he would never pay attention to injustice [meted out to him] even if he were to consider it such [and therefore G-d vindicated his innocence]. And Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra explained [the meaning of this phrase] by saying that Moses never sought superiority over any person, nor did he ever pride himself at all about his high position, and certainly not in relation to his brother, thus they [Miriam and Aaron] sinned by speaking against him for no reason.The slander was in connection with Moses’ separating himself from his wife, which Miriam and Aaron attributed to his pride, as if to show that he was a holy man. “We also receive Divine revelations,” they said, “and yet continue our conjugal life.” But in the Sifre [it is said]:Sifre Beha’alothcha 100. “Rabbi Nathan says: They spoke against Moses even in his presence, as it is said, And the Eternal heard it. Now the man Moses was very meek,Verses 2-3. and he restrained himself about the matter.” [According to the Sifre, therefore, Scripture] mentions Moses’ meekness in that he endured [their insult] and did not answer them back, and that G-d was [therefore] zealous for his sake.
Chofetz Chaim (Devarim 24:9): "Remember what the L-rd your G-d did to Miriam on the way when you went out of Egypt." The Torah exhorted us hereby that we mention verbally, always, the great punishment [leprosy] that the Blessed Lrd brought upon the tzadeketh, Miriam the prophetess — who spoke only about her brother, whom she loved as her soul...she did not speak in denigration of him, but only compared him to other prophets. And she did not speak so to his face to shame him, and not in public, but only to her brother Aaron, privately. And he [Moses] was not offended by all this, but in spite of which all her good deeds did not avail her and she was punished with leprosy for this. How much more so will other people, the fools, who are prolix in speaking "great and awesome things" against their friends, be severely punished for this.
Rashi (Bamidbar 12:8) Mouth to mouth I have spoken with him— I have Myself told him to separate from his wife. And where did I tell him this? On Sinai, when I said to him, (Devarim 27-28) “Go, say to to the people, ‘Get you into your tents (rejoin your wives). But as for you, remain you here by Me, and I will speak to you’”
Trump 'is telling people he will be reinstated as president by AUGUST' after Mike Flynn called for a 'Myanmar-style coup' to replace Biden
- Former President Donald Trump is telling people he wil be reinstated as president by August, according to The New York Times' Maggie Haberman
- Haberman commented Tuesday on a CNN story that showed Trump supporters expressing support for a Myanmar-style coup to bring Trump back
- The journalist noted that Trump has been pushing the idea of reinstatement as the Manhattan district attorney has convened a grand jury that could indict him
Israeli opposition parties strike coalition deal, paving the way for Netanyahu's exit
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/02/middleeast/israel-coalition-deal-intl/index.html
The new government consists of a number of parties from across the political spectrum, from the left-wing Meretz to Bennett's right-wing Yamina party.
In
a historic moment, the small Islamist party United Arab List also
decided to join the coalition, the first time an Arab-Israeli party has
joined a coalition. The party is unlikely to have a minister in the
government, but will have negotiated with the coalition on issues
important to them.
Not
much unites the parties other than their desire to oust Netanyahu, and
the parties differ in their stances on some of the country's most
pressing issues, especially relations with the Palestinians.
Lapid announces: I have succeeded in forming a government
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307378
Lapid spoke to the president on the phone and informed him that the government will comprise Yesh Atid, Blue and White, Yamina, Labor, Yisrael Beytenu, New Hope, Meretz and Ra’am.
Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett will be Prime Minister and Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid will be Alternate Prime Minister..
Lapid spoke to the president on the phone and informed him that the government will comprise Yesh Atid, Blue and White, Yamina, Labor, Yisrael Beytenu, New Hope, Meretz and Ra’am.
Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett will be Prime Minister and Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid will be Alternate Prime Minister.
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