Tag Archives: anti-semitism

Celebrating Jewish Culture in Troubled Times

Posted on November 7, 2019 by mjknopf

Keynote address at University of Mary Washington’s Jewish Cultural Celebration (November 6, 2019) Good evening. It is such an honor and a joy to be with you this evening for this celebration of Jewish Culture. It is especially meaningful to … Continue reading →

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Nature Abhors a Vacuum. But Antisemitism Loves One.

Posted on October 13, 2019 by mjknopf

Sermon from Yom Kippur — October 9, 2019 In late April of 1913, a night watchman at an Atlanta pencil factory discovered the bruised and bloody corpse of a 13 year-old employee named Mary Phagan in the factory’s cellar. As news … Continue reading →

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The Purim story as a model for fighting anti-Semitism

Posted on March 18, 2015 by mjknopf

The upcoming Purim holiday, based on the events of the biblical Book of Esther, reminds me of the truth in William Faulkner’s famous line, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” The Book of Esther centers on the first … Continue reading →

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