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THE OTHER SIDE: The war against smarts

At last, a major institution in America is standing up to the bullying and extortion that seems to characterize every action of the Trump administration.

Alan Chartock: On being Jewish

In truth, some Jews run counter to the mythology. Nevertheless, there are some cultural norms that exist among Jews.

MMRHS has been leader in anti-prejudice education

In 1972, the social studies department at Monument Mountain Regional High School created the very first Holocaust curriculum in the country for high school students.

Rumored bomb threat at Monument unfounded, district officials say

In an interview, Superintendent Peter Dillon said he and other school officials could not find any evidence of a bomb threat, which was the most pressing concern.

On hate speech: Building structures for engaging in dialogue

What happens in schools is tied to what happens outside of them. How can we better engage everyone to support a broad cultural shift?

Berkshire Hills responds to anti-Semitic threats at middle school

But as everyone agrees, any responses must be part of a larger community reckoning with societal problems that our schools reflect but do not create.

A week of disturbing events

In her letter, Ruth Heuberger writes: “Young people, especially intelligent ones, can generally be relied upon to sort out peer differences with little outside interference.”

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

"The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.” -- President Donald Trump

Alan Chartock: Democrats are their own worst enemy

A young liberal group styled after AOC has decided to oust the Democratic lions in the House by taking them on in primaries.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘House of Trump, House of Putin,’ the plot to put a Russian operative in the White House

Unger makes several startling claims: Trump was but one of dozens of U.S. politicians and businesspeople targeted over more than 20 years who became indebted to Russia.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Moments

I believe we are not really a nation of baby-killing, Jew-hating, Islamophobic racists. Now everyone just needs to stand up and prove it.

Do your duty. Vote against demagoguery, hate and misogyny

In his letter to the editor, Art Ames writes: “The powers that be are doing a super job of dividing us but you know what? All of we minorities are the plurality.”

PREVIEW: Art will surely imitate Strindberg’s life in ‘Creditors’

The play explores one of Strindberg's other favorite themes: the question of the viability of marriage as an institution. The ending isn't a happy one. I'll leave it at that.

A Passover message: Resist the new inhumanity

Why is this night different from all other nights? This night is different because it lights my way, in sharp relief, to an understanding that the plague of inhumanity to others only breeds an inhumanity in our souls.

Harry Franklin, 95, of Lenox, refugee from anti-Semitism

As part of his English studies in Vienna Harry’s English teacher gave him an American pen pal, Lillian Wolfram, a non-Jew, whose family in Glenside, Pennsylvania, offered to sponsor him if he could escape to America.

Incident prompts schools, Jewish Federation, to act against bigotry

Great Barrington — Wafting rumors of anti-Semitic incidents at Monument Valley Regional Middle School, a swastika spray-painted near the entrance of a house on...
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