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Join A Community Wide Discussion About Antisemitism, This Sunday November 20th!

November 17, 2022 by Gillian Jackson

AARC is a co-sponsor for this weekend’s facilitated conversation about antisemitism in Ann Arbor.

Sunday November 20th, 9am-1pm at the JCC of Ann Arbor. Register Here!

This weekend’s event is the manifestation of a coalition of Jewish organizations within Ann Arbor working together to find solutions to address antisemitism in our area. The conversation will consist of three parts. The first part of the morning will be a lecture by Steve Ginsburg about antisemitism in America. After the lecture attendees will split up into breakout groups to have facilitated conversations about their lived experiences of antisemitism. The conversations will be facilitated by a group of volunteers that have taken part in the planning of this event. The final portion of the morning will be a group wide discussion about how the Jewish community can formulate a community wide response to anti-semitism.

The hope of the organizers of this event is that this conversation will be the first step in an organized effort to combat antisemitism in Michigan. They intend to identify people to take ownership of this work and champion action going forward. In the end the Federation hopes to come out with a plan for future conversations and identify who wants to be part of the work.

As of now registration is nearly full, but Rachel Wall from the Federation still encourages everyone who wants to attend to sign up. If they encounter any problems regarding capacity, they will reach out to participants with ways they can participate in the future. The Federation has also offered childcare if needed. If you would like to use childcare, please email Rachel ASAP.

Filed Under: Upcoming Activities Tagged With: antisemitism, Jewish Federation

What AARC members are reading about Charlottesville

August 18, 2017 by Clare Kinberg 2 Comments

Charlottesville, VA August 12, 2017. Photo by Andy Campbell from an article by writer and parent Jen Margulies suggested by Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner: White Supremacy Is Bad for the Jews. Let’s Be Bad for White Supremacy

Most of us read a lot, and we’ve probably read plenty about Charlottesville. But we don’t all have the opportunity to think about these things with others in our Jewish community. As a beginning, I asked several AARC members what they have read this week that they found thoughtful, representative of what they are thinking, or want others in our Jewish community to read. Many of the pieces below were new to me and I’m grateful to have read them. Please add your own links in the comments.

Greg Saltzman contributed an 2016 article with background to the President’s connection to the Klan:  In 1927, Donald Trump’s Father was Arrested after a Klan Riot In Queens

Sarai Brachman Shoup suggested the The VICE video Charlottesville: Race and Terror

Margo Schlanger says she learned from these two articles

  • The Monuments Must Go: An open letter from great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.
  • In Charlottesville, the Local Jewish Community Presses On 

Kira Berman brought  Hymn: A New Poem by Sherman Alexie

[excerpt]

I will silently sit and carefully listen to new stories
About other people’s tragedies and glories.

I will not assume my pain and joy are better.
I will not claim my people invented gravity or weather.

And, oh, I know I will still feel my rage and rage and rage
But I won’t act like I’m the only person onstage.

I am one more citizen marching against hatred.
Alone, we are defenseless. Collected, we are sacred.

We will march by the millions. We will tremble and grieve.
We will praise and weep and laugh. We will believe.

We will be courageous with our love. We will risk danger
As we sing and sing and sing to welcome strangers.

Culinary historian Michael Twitty reading from the Torah.

Marcy Epstein wanted to make sure LGBTQ perspectives are included such as this piece by Michael Twitty: I’m Black, Jewish and Gay and Food is my Weapon Against Bigotry 

Deborah Fisch found this both informative and hopeful: Life After Hate: Trump Admin Stops Funding Former Neo-Nazis Who Now Fight White Supremacy

For a long read and deep analysis on racism and antisemitism, Eric Ward’s Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism is a must read.

If you have any thoughts on these pieces, or additional suggestions, please add in the comments section.

 

Filed Under: Community Learning Tagged With: antisemitism, racism

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