Dr. Jennifer
Scholar: US Judaism, ethnography, applied ethics. Brandeis/Harvard/Emory/CSUN. ❤️ unions, democracy, 🐶. @profjenthompson@mstdn.social & @babka.social
May 5, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
Yesterday was the last day (except for the review session) for my new Justice and Judaism course. @brieloskota and Tobin Belzer came to visit to discuss our article on @jworldwatch that appears in the new Religion in L.A. book. routledge.com/Religion-in-Lo… Students shared their current biggest concerns re: justice: Israel/Palestine, reentry & reintegration for formerly incarcerated people, Black Lives Matter, women's rights, restorative vs. retributive justice, climate change & esp climate refugees, disability inclusion...
May 5, 2021 20 tweets 4 min read
So the 2020 Pew Research Forum study on Jewish Americans is about to drop and people are getting anxious. Which people, you might ask? 1/? The ones who are usually targets for people who want to lob accusations of “badness” at other Jews. 2/?
Mar 15, 2020 36 tweets 7 min read
.@MAdryaelTong raised some important ethical questions about how we should act to slow the spread of #CoronavirusOutbreak. Since I teach applied ethics, I'm going to try to help. To start: ethics = the study of what we should do and why, or how we should be and why.