Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement

Fighting Racism Starts in the Heart

Posted on January 11, 2017 by N.S. Palmer

My latest blog post for The Jewish Journal: When we think of relations between Jews and African-Americans, we naturally think of our proudest moments. And we should. Abraham Joshua Heschel marched side-by-side with Martin Luther King in 1965, helping America … Continue reading →

Posted in Judaism, The Jewish Journal | Tagged Abraham Joshua Heschel, Affirmative Action, Altruism, Black-Jewish Alliance, Civil Rights Movement, Evolution, Fighting racism, Kin Selection, Martin Luther King, Racism, Shelby Steele, Social harmony, Sociobiology | Leave a comment

Chaos and Creation, from Genesis to Today

Posted on December 6, 2016 by N.S. Palmer

My new blog post for The Jewish Journal: You might not expect it, but the very first words of the Torah explain how social change works. The most familiar English rendering is “In the beginning, God created the heavens and … Continue reading →