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Teach Boys to Cry

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On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen answer a question about modeling emotions and teaching boys that it’s healthy to cry. They first check-in with Zak after the attack at Temple Israel, the Michigan synagogue that Zak went to growing up and where his family still belong. 

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Standing Together, a “progressive grassroots movement organizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel against the occupation and for peace, equality, and social justice.” 

Don’t Let the Need for Cognitive Closure Harden Your Heart by Rabbi Sharon Brous

You Need a Manifesto: How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work by Charlotte Burgess-Auburn

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