Within days of Charlie Kirk’s murder in September, I received an invitation to join a Red-Blue traveling tour across Utah with Braver Angels, an organization committed to bridging the partisan divide.
Really fascinating Reena! It's a small sign of hope that the polarized differences in the U.S. can possibly be overcome. I don't think we have anything similar to Braver Angels in Israel where members of the right-wing Likud and the democratic center-lift, or the secular and the religious, meet. Just one comment. I have a cousin, Prof. Laura Kessler, who teaches gender law at Utah University (grew up and still has a home in Baltimore), and to my surprise, she told me that the majority of the people who live in Salt Lake City are not Mormons, and tend to be liberal, like the residents of many/most other major cities in the U.S.
Great to hear from you Hillel. True that Salt Lake City is a purple island in a deep red state. But LDS. still has a major influence on the culture, even in the city, from what I observed.
Brava, Reena! Thank you, Esther, for posting.
There is hope. Thank you!
WONDERFUL account. You should be proud. It gave me hope in these dark times.
Really fascinating Reena! It's a small sign of hope that the polarized differences in the U.S. can possibly be overcome. I don't think we have anything similar to Braver Angels in Israel where members of the right-wing Likud and the democratic center-lift, or the secular and the religious, meet. Just one comment. I have a cousin, Prof. Laura Kessler, who teaches gender law at Utah University (grew up and still has a home in Baltimore), and to my surprise, she told me that the majority of the people who live in Salt Lake City are not Mormons, and tend to be liberal, like the residents of many/most other major cities in the U.S.
Great to hear from you Hillel. True that Salt Lake City is a purple island in a deep red state. But LDS. still has a major influence on the culture, even in the city, from what I observed.
Applaud admire your strength of will and soul