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A More Perfect Union - Jewish Partnership for Democracy
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Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich move from the theoretical into the practical as they talk about feeling the love of the Divine, cultivating healthy self-love, and then using that to act on "loving our neighbors as our selves". Support the show
Burnout, accountability, speaking the truth, and more! Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich begin a discussion about how to put "loving our neighbors as ourselves" into action. Support the show
A special edition of Building Better Stories including 30 minutes with Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade , and more thoughts about James , by Percival Everett. Support the show
Should we teach Huck Finn in schools? This and so much more about the stories we tell and how they help us grapple with the real past, talk about real present challenges, and build a better future together. Support the show
Let's move our conversations into public libraries, schools, and college campuses! Support the show
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Solidarity - an essential aspect of freedom - and what we are to do about it. Support the show
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Factuality - truth as an essential aspect of freedom. Support the show
Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich explore mobility in all its forms and how we are free and hindered because of our access to mobility. Thanks to Timothy Snyder’s work, “On Freedom” for inspiring this series. Supported by a grant from Humanities New York and the generosity of the Buffalo History Museum. Support the show
Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss where we go on issues of DEI and Affirmative Action, remembering Roy Ayers, and more. Support the show...
Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers. Support the show
Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate in-person and Zoom discussions, also live on FB, about what it means to be "free to" instead of "free from" using Timothy Snyder's insights from "On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers. Support the show
Inspired by Mary Anne Franks' "Fearless Speech" Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, and guests, discuss how free speech and justice form a center in our struggles to make things better for everyone. Support the show
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at Adam Gopnik's, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism". Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Support the show...
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This episode, we look at John McWhorter's, "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America". Let's collaborate in thwarting the historical efforts to prevent American from being a nation with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Support the show...
Minority rule in America - its awful and long history, from the Constitutional Convention, to its harrowing present in State Houses and the Supreme Court - and what to do about it. Talking about Ari Berman's excellent book: Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It. Support the show
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at VP Kamala Harris' nomination - what are its impacts on patriarchy, misogyny, racism, and gender in America? Support the show
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice and against the structures of predatory capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at the environmental racism, especially in Buffalo, with expert Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts. Support the show
Live and in person from the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, talking about housing inequity, the need for honest history, and so much more. Support the show
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversations about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we look at the history of the racial wealth gap and what to do about it with the wisdom of Dorothy A. Brown's, The Whiteness of Wealth, to guide us. Check out The Whiteness of Wealth here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591671/the-whiteness-of-wealth-by-dorothy-a-brown/ Support the...
Happy Juneteenth! History of the holiday and what it means today. How we celebrate and observe it and the challenges of inclusion and solidarity and retelling a better history all with the company of Kermit Roosevelt III's "The Nation that Never Was". Support the show
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we consider the complexities and challenges of functional society and group formation using the thoughts inspired by the book: "Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World", by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian. Check out the book and other interesting information here ...
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, joined by Dr. Gabrie'l Atchison, we reflect on the legacies of Dr. King and Malcolm X and how they might apply with regard to activism and ideological purity and alliances for justice in 2024. Starting off with responses to Professor James H. Cone's seminal work: Martin & Malcom & Ame...
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we reflect on the conversation between Dr. King and Malcolm X regarding non-violence and refer to these works: "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed - How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible", by Charles E. Cobb, Jr "Negroes With Guns", by Robert F. Williams Support the show...
Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy - with Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich. This week reflecting on points raised by Jim Wallis in his new book: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy. Support the show...
Honest and real conversation taking on the challenges of finding justice in a society woven by white christian nationalism. Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss. Support the show
Continuing conversations with profound attention to race consciousness with Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich and whomever wants to join. Topics include: - How White Supremacy and "Winners Take All" capitalism stand in the way of seeing paths forward, and more ideas about what we can do about it. - Public Discourse - how can we rekindle and improve it? - What's next for multi-faith - is it possible to really use the teachings of our faith traditions to make progress under White Chr...
Continuing conversation with serious race consciousness between Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich. Covering: - The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it? - Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life? - The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives? The answers discussed - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of White Supremacy, American misogyny and patriarchy, and anti-Indigenous genocide, for a start. Support t...
