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Andrew Getraer

American, Zionist, Husband, Father, Idealist, Skeptic.

Dec 1, 2023, 6:13 PM

The Systemic Prejudice at the Heart of the World

Structural Racism is real. Most Americans of good faith and some intelligence understand that after four centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation and anti-Black racism, there are lasting social and cultural effects that persist despite the profound changes we...

May 28, 2021, 12:32 PM

Who am I protecting? What am I afraid of?

Yesterday, a Facebook friend posted a poignant question about the horrifying antisemitism of the past few weeks. Identifying “a familiar white, middle class American progressive Jewish instinct to minimize this” he asks “Who am I protecting? What am I...

May 21, 2021, 6:58 PM

The Global Pogrom

The last few weeks have been exhausting and terrifying for Jews everywhere. We are filled with anxiety and fear surrounding the military conflict between Hamas and Israel, during which 60% of the Israeli population was forced to seek refuge...

May 13, 2021, 11:10 AM

What’s Happening in Israel? Civil War By Proxy

An Israeli soldier looks across the border at Gaza in the distance. (Photo credit:Andrew Getraer)

The current violence between Israelis and Palestinians is the worst of its kind in many years. But the catalyst for the current violence is not really about Israelis and Palestinians. It's a Civil War by Proxy between Hamas and the PA,...

Jun 6, 2020, 10:13 AM

You Know The Soul of a Stranger*

It has been a week like few others I can recall. As the nation convulses in the aftermath of the heartless and heart-wrenching murder of George Floyd, conversations are being had on every conceivable platform regarding race, the riots,...

About Me

Andrew Getraer is the former managing director of Harvard Hillel and executive director of Rutgers Hillel, working on college campuses for over 20 years. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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