Watch our most recent NIOT virtual conversation. The conflict over teaching about racism in schools is fueled by misinformation and misunderstanding. But the debate also offers an opportunity for parents, students, educators and other members of communities to have real, productive conversations about how we want to teach the next generation about the history of racism in America, the legacy of those truths and the state of racism today.

A beautiful story from Storycorps of how an act of kindness led to a lifetime of love. In 1941, Rabbi Philip Lazowski and his family were among the Jews banished from their village in Poland by the Nazis and forced to live in a ghetto. He remembers the woman who saved his life.

"While everyone is physically safe, they are also forever changed. My community knows too well the pain, trauma and lost sense of security that comes when violence forces its way in, especially into our sacred spaces. ...We can think of no better response to Saturday’s events than to reject all forms of hate, Islamophobia among them — to do otherwise would serve only to perpetuate the fear and hate that led to Saturday’s events." — Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Tree of Life Synagogue