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Podcast: Meaningful Life Skills with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Episode: The Jewish Response to Racism: Timeless Lessons about Growing Through Oppression
Description: In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, another pandemic has taken to the streets. Cities are burning across the U.S., filled with people protesting racism, including angry mobs looting and violently attacking police and innocent store owners. How should we be reacting to all of this? We are all appalled at the blatant killing of George Floyd by a police officer. But what is a healthy and legitimate response? Besides for demanding justice, is it justifiable to disrupt entire communities? Should violence be met with violence, crime with crime?Â
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