Hold Dualities Together Archives

Should Any Books Be Banned?

June 2, 2023 by Ellen Levitt

Books are more than words, thoughts, images.

Welcoming the Newcomer

June 1, 2023 by Rabbi Julia Appel

How Canada welcomes the Newcomer

God Did Put Me Here

May 17, 2023 by Brad Hirschfield

What was once a fight for presence has now become a fight for absence

Remembering The Holocaust On Air

April 20, 2023 by Brad Hirschfield

I came into this year’s Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — with more than my usual ambivalence. Beyond my … Continue Reading

Clawing for Legitimacy

March 30, 2023 by Joshua Stanton

We fight for attention. We fight for resources. But perhaps we fight most over our own sense of legitimacy – that we belong, deserve a good … Continue Reading

Real-Time Reporting From the Stand and See Fellowship in Israel

January 12, 2023January 11, 2023 by Brad Hirschfield

A picture is worth 1,000 words

What does it mean to have enough?

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Do you really have nothing?

“Birah Doleket”

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Monday night, I saw Ani DiFranco in concert. For those of you who don’t have lyrics from “If He Tries … Continue Reading

Building Peace, One Powerful Personal Story At A Time

October 20, 2022 by Brad Hirschfield

The only people now who are deliberately and seriously working for peace are the peacebuilders

A Gnawing Feeling

August 15, 2022 by Irwin Kula

The FBI was the enemy, and now it is a potential savior.