Month: May 2021

After the Death of Chabad’s Messiah

Posted by Kristie Welsh | May 25, 2021 | Dialogue, Judaism, Religious Communities, Spring/Summer 2021

Why do Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson’s followers in Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism continue to believe in his messianic identity more than 26 years after his demise? By Joseph Newfield

Policing: War Institution or Public Service?

Posted by Kristie Welsh | May 25, 2021 | Dialogue, Race/Racial Issues, Spring/Summer 2021, Violence/Conflict

A Kenyan policy analyst traces the causes and consequences of the global militarization of police. By Douglas Lucas Kivoi