Shabbat reading:
The Torah Is Sanctioned by God: In the Footsteps of the Abravanel: Rabbi Avi Weiss, The Torah.com, Feb. 9, 2023 — The Book of Deuteronomy poses a unique challenge for those who believe that God authored the Torah: It is presented as an address by Moses! This includes the book’s many laws, which are not introduced with וַיְדַבֵּר ה’ אֶל מֹשֶׁה “And the LORD spoke to Moses,” which is ubiquitous in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. Indeed, this phrase appears only once in Deuteronomy, after Moses has finished speaking, and God tells him to ascend Mount Nebo to die (Deuteronomy 32:48).
SYSTEMIC ANTISEMITISM
Preliminary Research Study Discovers Incidents of Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Bias in Five Canadian Social Work Schools: CAEF, Feb. 1, 2023 — Men and women of varying ages and backgrounds, undergraduates and graduates, enroll in social work studies because they want to help those in need and make an altruistic footprint.
Exclusion, Isolation, and Rejection: Emerging Anecdotal Reports of Jews Studying Social Work. Preliminary Findings: Annette Poizner , Stacey Love , Andria Spindel , Jesse Primerano , Elisa Alloul , Rebecca Katzman and Robert Walker, Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, Feb. 3, 2023
‘The Inclusion Delusion’: Confronting Antisemitism in Social Work: Annette Poizner, Times of Israel, July 27, 2022
Jewish Social Work Students in Canada Facing Hostile Environment, New Study Says: Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, Feb. 27, 2023
Anti-Semitism at University of Toronto: Richard Klagsbrun, Aish, No Date
Addressing Anti-Semitism in Social Work Education: Carole Cox, Journal of Religion & Spiritality in Social Work: Social Thought, Volume 40, 2021 – Issue 2, Jan. 18, 2021 — Antisemitism, one of the oldest forms of prejudice and oppression is surging throughout the world. It ranges from verbal abuse to the destruction of property to murder.
Five Antisemitism and Anti-racist Social Work: Barrie Levine, Oxford Academic, Dec. 2013 — There is a notable growth of racism across Europe including expressions of antisemitism. Social work literature has a strong basis in anti-racist theory and practice; however it largely excludes the issue of antisemitism.
Challenging Antisemitism in all its forms: Let’s Talk Social Work: Apple Podcasts, Dec. 7, 2022 — In this episode, Andy McClenaghan is joined by guests Sam Lethbridge, Incidents Manager at the Community Security Trust and Paul Shuttleworth, Professional Officer with BASW England to discuss antisemitism—what it means, what its impacts are and how social workers can stand against and address antisemitism across our society.
Why Aren’t We Calling Out Antisemitism? Reflections of a Jewish Social Worker: Victoria Hart, BASW — Antisemitism is a facet of racism that is growing in the UK. The Community Security Trust reports 1,668 UK incidents in 2020. Compared to 1,275 in 2016. There were 351 incidents between just 8 and 31 May this year, the highest for any month since records began in 1986.