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Practices for Defending Democracy
Monthly Essays Discussion Group

In On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), Yale Professor Timothy Snyder, a scholar of totalitarian movements, describes twenty practices that citizens can use in preparation for facing tyranny. Reconstructing Judaism’s Evolve asked 20 Jewish writers to each take one of these practices and describe how they are able to pursue the practice and/or find the practice challenging. We will read one or two short essays from this symposium, Practices for Defending Democracy, each month and meet on Zoom to discuss, with rotating leadership. Reading the original chapter in On Tyranny is also recommended.

Meryl Crean will lead this session, when we will discuss -

     13a: Praying With Your Feet by Rabbi Mordechai Liebling

     13b: Forcing Nonviolent Encounters Is Powerful: MarchOnHarrisburg by Rabbi Michael Pollack

 (Usually) 2nd Thursday of each month at 12:00 NOON.

Zoom link provided in registration confirmation.