Reprinted from the Charlotte Observer, August 2, 2017. Rabbi Schindler serves as Contributing Editor, the Observer editorial board. As educators we work to nurture our students’ dreams even as some…
Reprinted from the Charlotte Observer, July 4, 2017. Rabbi Schindler serves as Contributing Editor, the Observer editorial board. Photo by Sarah Ann Photos. Last month, I joined a Deep South…
On this world refugee day, we reflect on refugees who were once the focus of the world’s compassion and welcomed as an acceptance of global responsibility. Today they are facing…
Fifty years ago today, Israel found itself fighting one of its most significant battles (second to its War of Independence). In the midst of increasing threats to its existence from…
8 years ago today, the calls to help 937 Jewish refugees (mostly from Germany) fell on deaf ears as the transatlantic liner St. Louis was denied entry in Havana and…