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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Thanksgiving, My Yarmulke, and Alice’s Restaurant
Rabbi Arthur Waskow (not in 1970!) wearing rainbow kippah.You can get anything you want:Thanksgiving and my yarmulke By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 Thursday, a little before noon, my phone rang. I knew at … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chicago 1968, Chicago 8, Judaism, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sixties, Social Activism, Thanksgiving
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Robert Jensen : How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving
“The First Thanksgiving,” painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930) / Wikimedia Commons.How I stopped hating ThanksgivingAnd learned to be afraid This is a society in which even progressive people routinely allow national and family traditions to trump fundamental human … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Indians, Genocide, Indigenous People, Ritual, Robert Jensen, Thanksgiving
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