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SPECTRUM: Profiles

That's the Tradition: Jane Wishner on Conflict, Community, and the Jewish Future

Jane Wishner has emerged as a core leader of the New Mexico Jewish community. Veteran reporter Ellen Marks tells us who she is, where she came from, and what she stands for, in our newest Spectrum profile of influential Jewish voices in New Mexico.

SPECTRUM: Profiles

From the Reagan White House to a Watchdog for Religious Freedom: The Life and Times of Mikey Weinstein

By Ron Duncan Hart I first learned about “Mikey” Weinstein and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation from a Harper’s Magazine article entitled, “Jesus Killed Mohammed: The Crusade for a Christian Military.” In that 2009 article the author Jeff Sharlet wrote about an American military squadron in Iraq that had

SPECTRUM: Profiles

His Card Sat on My Desk: Introducing the Spectrum Series

Editor's Letter by Diane Joy Schmidt Preparing for presenting the article about anti-Zionist Jeffrey Haas that appears in this issue was difficult for me on both a personal and political level. His life had cast a shadow on mine twice before, though we never met until this

SPECTRUM: Profiles

Jeffrey Haas: Civil Rights Lawyer, Anti-Zionist

By Ellen Marks If it’s noon on Wednesday, you’re sure to find Jeffrey Haas at the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, protesting on behalf of Palestinians. The 83-year-old Jewish co-founder of the group now called Santa Feans