Students learn about pre-war Jewish life and compare it with today’s diaspora in order to reflect on how modernity can impact tradition.
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A Societal Obligation: Wes Moore on Community Responsibility
Author Wes Moore discusses society’s obligation to ask why avoidable tragedies happen.
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Angello Portillo at the 2013 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner
Angello Portillo tells about being a bully in middle school and reflects on Facing History
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Psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clark prove a connection between segregation and low self-esteem
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- If you had the opportunity to interview Nicholas Kristof, what would you want to ask him?
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Conspiracy Theories - Kwame Anthony Appiah
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