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Sep 8, 2020, 10:18 PM

Allyship in a fractured society

The communal work Pittsburghers have been doing to heal from the trauma of the October 27th synagogue shooting is reflected in their nuanced commentary in response to recent incidents of anti-Semitism on social media. Black Pittsburghers Jasiri X and...

Sep 2, 2020, 9:24 AM

Pro athletes stand in solidarity with Jews

The aftermath of the horrific 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting united many Jewish and non-Jewish Pittsburghers in efforts to dismantle antisemitism. In their interviews for the Meanings of October 27th oral history project, a number of Jews spoke of their...

Aug 30, 2020, 6:47 AM

Teshuvah is for everyone

As the Hebrew month of Elul begins and Jews prepare to atone for their sins by repairing their relationships and refining their hearts to start with a clean slate for the coming new year, we might also pause to...

Oct 17, 2019, 12:49 PM

At Bard, hurt feelings sidetrack a crucial conversation

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Reverend Jacqui Lewis, Shahanna McKinney-Baldon, Amy Schiller at the Hannah Arendt Center Conference on Racism and Antisemitism, October 11, 2019 (Courtesy)

What was most needed at the Hannah Arendt Center's anti-Semitism conference was for Jews to stay and keep talking to each other

Feb 5, 2015, 3:37 PM

Don’t use Bibi as cover for your war-mongering

Netanyahu's alarmist rhetoric will only obscure the fact that war is a likely option if diplomacy fails

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About Me

Aliza Becker is the director of two oral history projects: The Meanings of October 27th, reflections from Pittsburghers on the 2018 synagogues shooting and the American Jewish Peace Archive 1967-2018, stories from American Jews involved in leadership of American Jewish peace and anti-occupation organizations. She is an Associate Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College.