Chautauqua Institution – Intro (1)

Join advocates and subject matter experts for a conversation exploring the intersections of the threats to democracy rooted in antisemitism and anti-refugee animus, resulting policy outcomes, and productive ways to take action during this charged election year. Location in West LA with ample parking and access to transit to be shared after registration. Please register below.

Six beloved hostages were executed in a tunnel beneath Rafah, leaving behind broken-hearted loved ones and a shattered nation. We must be clear about who is responsible.

At this time of year in our Jewish calendar, we are in a season of second chances. We are reading Moshe’s retelling of the people’s journey through the desert in Deuteronomy, and we are about to enter into the month of Elul, the month of spiritual preparation for the High Holy Days. It is also the moment when Moshe went back up the mountain to get the second set of tablets – the ultimate story of second chances. We are about to start our own month of reflection and repair – let’s see what we can do.

Water is not only a building block of life, but also of culture. How we receive water shapes our consciousness and has the potential to remind us of the ultimate truth of our existence: we are always, and inevitably, dependent…