What Our Faith Demands - Rev. Raquel Alston, Rev. Tanya Spencer, Rabbi Jonathan Freirich

Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we consider the complexities and challenges of functional society and group formation using the thoughts inspired by the book: "Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the Wo...

Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, joined by Dr. Gabrie'l Atchison, we reflect on the legacies of Dr. King and Malcolm X and how they might apply with regard to activism and ideological purity and alliances for justice in 2...

Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy. This week, we reflect on the conversation between Dr. King and Malcolm X regarding non-violence and refer to these works: "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed - How Guns Made the Civil Right...

Honest, bold, and value-driven conversation about working towards justice in a society structured by unhindered capitalism, anti-black racism, anti-indigenous genocide, and misogynist patriarchy - with Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich. This week reflecting on points raised by Jim Wallis in his new book: The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, an...

Honest and real conversation taking on the challenges of finding justice in a society woven by white christian nationalism. Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich discuss. Support the show

Continuing conversations with profound attention to race consciousness with Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich and whomever wants to join. Topics include: - How White Supremacy and "Winners Take All" capitalism stand in the way of seeing paths forward, and more ideas about what we can do about it. - Public Discourse - how can we rekindle and improve it? - What's next fo...

Continuing conversation with serious race consciousness between Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich. Covering: - The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it? - Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life? - The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives? The answers discussed - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of Whi...

Pastor Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich are joined by Nanette Massey for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of DEI currently and historically, what might or might not help directly impacted minorities in majority minority communities, and more. Support the show

Our first episode - why "colorblind" and "I don't see color" are unintentionally racist and other well-intentioned racist statements. There is no neutrality in aiming for anti-racism and we talk about how to get there. Support the show

A sermon given to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo on Sunday, February 23, 2020. Support the show

A personal and community-oriented exploration of the issues of personal spirituality, religion, and racial justice with Rev. Mark Blue, Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Lackawanna, New York, and the President of our local NAACP. Support the show

Beth Steinberg and Kara Kane, the Director and Assistant Director of Temple Beth Zion's Religious School discuss how our experiences lead us to passions for education and communal transformation. Support the show

Andrew Deyell, Head of School at Elmwood Franklin School in Buffalo, New York, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, discuss life as religious people who are dedicated to creating pluralism in education and throughout our communities. Support the show

In anticipation of Rabbi Barenblat and Rabbi Markus joining us in Western New York next weekend, May 17-19, we chat about their backgrounds as rabbis and Jews and leaders who take teachings of the heart and apply them to improving the world. Support the show

The Senior Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tom Yorty, and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, of Temple Beth Zion, chat about social action in religious organizations and how best to coordinate our communal work on issues of poverty and equity in Western New York. Support the show