On Sunday, July 9th, The Stan Greenspon Center hosted the launching of the ACLU’s Court Observer Training Program in Charlotte. The room was packed as twenty eight people attended, each …
World Refugee Day, June 20th: Reflections by Queen’s University Faculty
At a time when over 63 million people are forcibly displaced from their homes around the globe, a population equal to about 1/5 of the U.S. population, we are reminded …
Then and Now
Then and now… 78 years ago today, the calls to help 937 Jewish refugees (mostly from Germany) fell on deaf ears as the transatlantic liner St. Louis was denied entry …
Religion and Relationships on the Road: A Deep South Pilgrimage
Racial justice is preoccupying many religious leaders. As in too many other cities across the country, protests erupted in Charlotte last fall following the fatal police shooting of an African-American …
Understanding Islam and Standing for Peace: Confronting the Injustice of Islamophobia by Louise Clark & John Cox
Islamophobia has become so mainstream in this country that Americans have been trained to expect violence against Muslims – not excuse it, but expect it. And that’s happened because …
Zachor – Remember
On this Yom Hashoah, as on every other Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember. How do we remember? We remember with stones – placed lovingly on Holocaust memorials. As Jews, we …
Genocide in the World Today
Rabbi Schindler joins David Chadwick, Senior Pastor of Forest Hill Church on WBT Radio to talk about the Holocaust and genocide today in commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. …