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.