jonathan dobrer

Dobrer blogs for Los Angeles News Group and teaches at American Jewish University, where he specializes in current events, comparative religion and Islam.

[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

#Texas Wants to #BanBooks Thinks #ToniMorrison wrote #Porn Is this about Racy books or #Race? Have they read the #HolyBible?
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#MortSahl a personal appreciation From #ProphetToHolyFool How much his wit & style influenced & continue to influence my speaking teaching writing With his permission, I borrowed his billing #Iconoclast
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#TalibanTakesTexas: Restricts #WomenRights & #EffectivelyEliminatesAbortion. No #Abortion No #Counseling.

[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

#KabulDebacle #KabulTragedy All foreseeable If we were blind-sided it was our blindness to & ignorance of #Islam & #AfghanCulture
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A Glimmer of #Hope for #PeaceInMidEast We can't change the past but can use present to make a peaceful future. Who wants #PalestiniansAndIraelis to fight & who wants #Peace?
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#OurTwinPlagues #Covid & #Insurrection: #MedicalDisease & #SocialDisEase Spreading virally & dangerously in our land No vaccine against hate except love, tough love Most #Evil done sincerely by people convinced of their holy mission
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@tomtom90292 @JewishJournal Beautifully done!

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#YearEnd column #AnnusHorribilis won't end on New Year Eve but only begin to end on Dec 20 From #Covid to #Trump we have suffered #Plagues We are isolated from allied nations and from those we love May 2021 be "A Time to Embrace."
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#BridgingTheChasm in our society. #CivilWars are always uncivil. #Demonizing opponents makes them demons Do I talk to extremists? Yes. #DialogueIsBetterThanDiatribe
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[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

Tending the fire of the #Enlightenment Neither the flame nor the #LightOfReason survives undefended There is an #ExistentialThreat to our nation This #Haunting #SeasonOfAnxiety calls for #Healing, lest the #SoulOfOurNation be lost
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#TrumpHasNoPrinciples only appetites, insecurities, anger & cruelty If ancient Greeks right and "Character equals fate" Trump is due a harsh reckoning His #NieceMary & #SisterMaryanne + "His Generals" foreshadow an ugly end: for him or us
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[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

#Covid looking for #data Are changing policies science based or intuitions? #Weed is ok. #Haircuts not. Show me the #Science Numbers on Spring Break beach parties clear Numbers on ordinary day at beach unavailable. Same with Bars & Hair salons
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[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

No #NationalDialogue or #TeachableMoments We shout & don't listen No #Nuance or attempt to discern #Intent We can't hear or heal without generosity of spirit
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[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

#CastingDownIcons: Why Lee has to go but Washington, with his imperfection keeps his monument. The hard part is the broad middle of good people who did bad things. Can we listen to each other?
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"#ICannotBreathe" These simple & tragic words apply to our fetid #air, to #Covid-19 and to the deadly assaults on #YoungMenOfColor.
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[jonathan dobrer @jondobrer]

#Coronavirus #Corona19 Reaction to #Isolating & #OpeningUp runs along a spectrum. But all agree: I'm right & you're wrong.
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#EpiphaniesFromIsolation What will we learn from this time? What real insights & blessings will we try to keep and not fade away? #Covid19
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#Grounded We can use this time to get truly "Grounded" #Covid19 foreseeable disaster. Not worst of times Not even end-times Institutions around the world failed. #WeThePeople also hit snooze button
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#Viruses #Coronavirus #ViralMemes #VirusXenophobia This #Plague will kill & change healthcare forever
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#Election #LosAngelesElectionFailure #ElectionTechnologyFailure #LongLines This is outrageous 2hour plus waiting. This is a Dem City & Dem state. Killing ourselves with incompetence #WrongTimeForNewSysten