August 18, 2017

After the events of this week, I felt it necessary to share some personal thoughts.
This was supposed to be a quiet week. Congress is in recess, many JAC members are on vacation, and others are getting children ready for school. But on Saturday I was shocked and reminded just how much bigotry exists. I saw something come across the news that after 35 plus years of activism I never expected to see -- white supremacists and neo-Nazis marching and chanting anti-semitic and other hateful slogans in America.
Violence ensued and a young woman was killed. I heard outrage and…