Racial Bias, Even When We Have Good Intentions

by | Jan 4, 2015 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building, Racial Justice

By Sendhil Mullainathan- professor of economics at Harvard The deaths of African-Americans at the hands of the police in Ferguson, Mo., in Cleveland and on Staten Island have reignited a debate about race. Some argue that these events are isolated and that racism is a...

The Open Hillel movement: A serious challenge to Jewish institutions’ stifling of debate

by | Oct 17, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building, Racial Justice

From Rebecca Volkomersom: I had the enormous privilege of participating in the first “Open Hillel” conference at Harvard University this past weekend. Organized by and for students, Open Hillel is a historic effort to challenge the “red lines” that Hillel...