i'm here on behalf of the religious action center and the commission on social action of reform judaism are the largest organization in north american jewish life and like all my friends and colleagues gathered here this afternoon, we have a deep and abiding belief in the holiness of every individual and an understanding of the power and strength that exists when we come together as individuals and former community. that there has been a systematic silencing of individual and communal voices at the ballot box in the form of closed polling stations, limitations on early voting, and onerous voter id law. that brings us tremendous pain as it does everyone here today. but we feel a particularly acute form of that pain because we know that the voting rights act itself was drafted in large part in our historic building here in washington dc and we take tremendous pride in that history . but our commitment to voting that'sis not something just a historic one. it's something we engage in today with the meaning and the purpose. and so later this month we are proudly launching a program which and

ame church in florida, the ohio baptist state convention, religioureligious action centerf reform judaism, united church of christ, bread for the world. you can follow the conversation today using the hashtag together we vote and would like you to know for president as they called an option and that will be listened only to respond, respond to e-mail requests. i'd like to begin. we had arranged a speakers today and coming from all of the country. i'd like to begin with bishop who served as pico national director political director. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am the political drug of the pico national network ecosystem providing bishop international. we have gathered today to lay out a plan for people of faith to engage in how they want to see this country develop in the years to come. the pico national network as network of 45 federations in 21 states made up of over 40 different religious traditions and over 200 cities and towns representing over 2 million families of african-americans, latinos, asian pacific islander, white and native american descent. we believe every person of fa

i'm here on behalf of the religious action center and the commission on social action of reform judaism. we are the largest organization in north american jewish life and like all my friends and colleagues gathered here this afternoon, we have a deep and abiding belief in the holiness of every individual and an understanding of the power and strength that exists when we come together as individuals and former community. that there has been a systematic silencing of individual and communal voices at the ballot box in the form of closed polling stations, limitations on early voting, and onerous voter id law. that brings us tremendous pain as it does everyone here today. but we feel a particularly acute form of that pain because we know that the voting rights act itself was drafted in large part in our historic building here in washington dc and we take tremendous pride in that history . but our commitment to voting that'sis not something just a historic one. it's something we engage in today with the meaning and the purpose. and so later this month we are proudly launching a program which

hitler considered judaism a race.t is a very interesting argument and i wish i could have had it with him in terms of fleshing out the intellectual side of what judaism is. is it a race, a culture, a religion? he got so adamant. when i talk about in the slate piece is the terror that he must have felt. it must never have left him. if it had been discovered that he was jewish, he could have been shot. brian: when did he die? two years agoabout and the book is dedicated to him. obviously i was thinking about him a lot, especially after he died. brian: back to tyler in cleveland. we really have not talked about how john tyler became president. mr. kendall: william henry harrison, 68 years old, has a cold on inauguration day after giving a speech for a couple hours. then he is considered, the exit that the president. he is the first vice president to become cuts -- president and tyler to give very strong stand. there was some question about whether he was really in acting president or if he was actually the president. tyl

we know the determine from generation to generation particularly in the reform judaism movement. it is something we sing and say for instance, as we pass the terra from parent to child. this motion from generation to generation, this is the calling for jews and all people to remember who they are and to keep their heritage and faith alive. we have take than concept from generation to generation and actually applied it to the concept of inherited memory in contemporary art. so memory can be inherited and passed down from generation to generation. most of us think of memory in terms of our own family narratives. the core of our exhibition starts with second and third generation jewish artists who's work talks about their own inherited memory of the showa. >> showa is hebrew word for holocaust. the real nucleus of the show comes out of this inherited memory of the trauma of the holocaust which many artists who happen to be jewish or other walks of life who's families experienced the trauma of the holocaust carry with them and make art from. >> as we continue to talk, we have a few p

. >> judaism. >> yes. >> islam. >> no. >> can a woman be president?e presidency is a manas job. >> i have women are qualified to be president. >> no. a female has more hormones, she could start a war in ten seconds if she has hot flashes or whatever. boom! >> haven't all wars been started by men? >> yes. >> do you think a gay couple should have the same rights as -- >> no, i don't. i don't think it's fair. >> to the gay couple? >> well, no, but the regular couple, they work so hard, you know. and the gay couple, they want more. >> when you say more, do you mean equal? >> yeah, they want equal in there. >> and that's just too much? >> yeah. >> no, that's the wrong answer. sorry. hold on. turns out trump's ideology test would be harder than i thought. >> whenever you think president, i think it's a man's job. >> closed-minded. >> yeah, well, no. >> misogynistic. >> no. >> you're voting against your own interests. >> that's it, thank you very much. >> these extreme nations they don't treat women with respect. >> we do here. >> yes. >> that's an american

i am here on behalf of the religious action center and the commission of social action of reform judaism and we are the largest the nomination in north american jewish life. like all of my friends and colleagues gathered here this afternoon, we have a deep and abiding belief in the holiness of every individuaindividua l. and an understanding of the power and strength that exists when we come together as individuals and we form a community. but we know as well there's been a systematic silencing of individual and communal voices at the ballot box. in the form of closed polling stations, limitations on early voting, and owners voter id laws. that brings us tremendous pain as a test i going here today. but we feel and particularly i could form of that pain because we know that the voting rights act itself was drafted in large part in our historic building here in washington, d.c. we take tremendous pride in that history. but our commitment to the rights is something that's just a historic one. it's something we engage in today with a deep meaning and the purpose. and so later this month we

who did not repudiate his judaism but did not embrace it.suddenly he becomes the head of the american zionism movement and is more responsible than anybody else in 20th century for persuading woodrow wilson to work with the british government to recognize an independent state of palestine. it is an amazing evolution. you both tell the story of his important encounter with jacob to hoss and his and experience. what you tell the story of those two readings which persuaded brandeis to become a zionist. >> i want to comment on that first because he is the one who has written most extensively about it and then i will add something. >> will since we're talking and going in order, you telling your book about the extraordinary influence of zimmer and great commonwealth had on brandeis in zionism. so tell us intellectually how he evolved and what his vision of zionism was. >> when i was writing a biography i cannot figure out why brandeis had become the head of the american zionist movement. i really couldn't figure it out because he was raised as a

this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for.he army of tomorrow is the group of children today. what is there for you when you become 18? 36% of the boys have to go. 45% of them witnessed the beating and the killing of their fathers. they immediately switch from the helpless father, who could not protect them, to somebody who is more thoughtful. jews who are armed with machine guns and military jeeps victimize these children, and when we allow the children to play this game as part of the therapy, many of the children prefer to play the role of the jew in the game e cause thatat i power. ♪ >> under the deep strains of the current intifada, very few israelis went on examining how to make core examples tense happen. she is -- core existence. >> i asked to speak with prime minister netanyahu. i wrote to him five times. and then he doesn't want to speak with me. in the letters i wrote i want you to look me in the eye and to tell me that my son died for a reason. i want you to look at me. he never had the courage to do it. i feel a r

ambassador at large he served for 40 years as the director of the religious action center of reform judaism over seeing the national social justice programming for the largest segment of american jury. a rabbi and an attorney for 35 years, rabbi saperstein taught seminars at fist amendment church in state law and at jewish law here at georgetown university law school, law center. in 1999 david saperstein was elected by his peers as the first chair of the u.s. commission on international religious freedom, a separate and independent body also created by the irfa charged, among other things, with producing policy recommendations on this issue for the president and the congress and the department of state. when david became the first chair of the commission back in, i guess it was 1998 or '99 is when i met him. i quickly came to have a deep respect and affection for this man. he is savvy, persuasive, courageous. most importantly, he's a man of his word. as ambassador he has adopted an aggressive travel schedule to visit the dens of persecution, to urge government to stop persecution and advanc

in-depth is live, with author and radio host, dennis, he's the author of the nine questions, asked about judaism why the jews. still the best hope the 10 commandments. >> at 8 p.m. indicate anderson profiles the ten first ladies since 1960. first women the grace and power, she speaks here in washington, dc. on monday, marry roche on the science used to improve the u.s. military. and elaine on why the public has lost faith in leaders. and, the tenure of george w. bush. and trent lott and people chech talk about politics. go to t.v. book.org. >> we visit authors and bookstores and historic sites around the country we'll make stops in the san francisco bay area, and, connecticut and southern california. >> now, with the help of our cable partner we take a tour of marcus books. we spoke with co-owner planning about the history and role in the civil rights movement. w

sometimes they get so out of hand, but they don't really mean half of what they say when we study judah judaismand there's this one kid. [inaudible] don't you worry about a thing my dear. >> now listen to me we enter the massive sanctuary which took up almost an entire city block. the kids were immediately awestruck. most of them were you used to the storefront operations for the kingdom hall of the jehovah jehovah witnesses. sunlight poured in through the stained-glass windows. they filed into the pews quietly. i was so relieved that he sat in a row by himself. at the altar with one smooth gesture pulled. [inaudible] janet jackson had nothing on her that's it should bastion, thank you she said into the headset. the blasting organ went silent mid- note. it was clear who ran the show here. by god has she promised they listen to her. i should of been delighted at her behavior but instead i went into a shame spiral. what does she have that i got? are they cutting her slack because she's old, female, short, maternal? the last time i tried to lecture for even five minutes there was immediate unrest.

as a way of thinking and that's what we might call a stoic almost agnostic judaism or christiana. agnosti really to have this as a way of moving forward and we know from its beginning it's very catholic and very jewish. it's not practice it protestant until you have the revival of the new right. so the great movement is kind of a hazardous religious overtones those religious overtones but it is not completely religious in the way we will think of it. >> so he puts out the conservative mind in 1953 it shows that there is not only this other point of view but that it also has this very proud angle -- anglo american heritage and he instantly became the spokesman for really what became a movement. what do the book did the book accomplish and what was the reaction. it's still in print at this point.eah. it's very heavy stuff. not your typical bestseller material and yet that's what it became quacks. >> it went through seven editions. the last edition was published in 1986 just about eight years before he passed away he evenen says at the beginning most likely this will last revision. i

in addition to a religious education in reform judaism, which preached and modeled social justice, the home provided bessy a robust secular education at the isidore newman manual training school for the cutting edge curriculum emphasized manual skills like home economics and work-- woodworking as well as rigorous academics care. the home built this unique school to educate its wars, but also admitted new orleans children of all religion whose parents paid tuition. newman quickly became what it remains today, one of the south's finest college prep schools and their bessie excelled in every subject. she graduated from newman in 1925, as a 16-year old leader who is comfortable in a coed setting competing, succeeding and when you respect decides leading the debate club and girls a student council bessie was valedictorian and when the scholarship to attend new come college, tulane university college for women. bessie spent two years at new come ranking among the top 10 in her class, but the audacious bessie wanted more. bessie decided to attend law school, something no other girl from the o

question there is a political version of islam and there is a political version of christianity and judaismry great western tradition can be politicized. in arguing for religious freedom and gay rights. mr. trump may have to subject to test some of his own followers who oppose the full inclusion of gay people. i'm not here to judge. if we are really going to defend religious freedom we have to do it at home and abroad. not just one particular group. charles: vice president joe biden hitting the campaign trail with hillary clinton. the democratic nominee trying to lock in her lead in that state. at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like bill splitting equals nitpicking. but i only had a salad. it was a buffalo chicken salad. salad. ...one of many pieces in my i havlife.hma... so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine

. >> man: "we represent the majority of the people in alabama who hate niggerism, catholicism, judaismd robert creel of the alabama ku klux klan. he also said, "i like barry goldwater. he needs our help." >> the biggest adverse problem that lyndon johnson had was the racial issue, 'cause there was nothing like it. remember, he sent lady bird down on the lady bird special to go through the south in the hopes of salvaging some of the south. there was concern about her safety. there was a lot of abuse when she'd stop and speak, and people would talk, you know, "nigger-lover," and all that kind of stuff. >> woman: i recall specifically her saying at one stop, "now, just a second. you've had your turn to make your point. let me have mine. i'm so glad to be back here in the south that i love so dearly. so even if you don't like what i have to say, at least you understand the way i say it." and... [ laughs ] and, of course, that brought some humor and a little bit of levity, which frankly, we needed in that very tense time. >> the overall sense in the black community to me, and this is my opi

to television to business and i think we brought the kind of principles the positive principles in judaism. i think all characters i totally admire. can you you imagine going to work everyday and being dell because you're a jew and he set stood up to that and even did better in welcome jackie was a role model. later on and that's where the dvd he could be very tough. with gertrude, a woman breaking and entering the first account totally forgotten standing up to the list be in a positive jewish member contradicting, i would say that it was -- i grew up with a tall strap in man is a role model, not as brilliant as another jewish male. for rosenwald, very sensitive to the fact that when they would talk that jews can be really stingy businessmen and this man was so generous, and involved in what is happening. back i learned that in fact what we did was almost impossible. so i guess all of my films i'm trying to accomplish the stereotype to the images, the negativity. negativity. but also role models for everyone. >> c-span: how would you find the funds for all of this? >> guest: there's a line

. >> we represent the majority of the people in alabama who hate [ bleep ], catholicism, judaism and all of the isms of the world. said the kkk. i like barry gold water, he needs our help. >> right now he are seeing a battle to define this alt-right movement and make trump own the most egregious parts of it. who is alt-right? depend on who you ask. the term alt-right has a web publication called alternative right.com. spencer called for a form of peaceful ethnic cleansing. spencer is also a trump supporter. >> donald trump asked these big questions like are we a nation? well, if we're a nation, we are a people. we're going to have borders. we will control those borders. >> there are certainly strains of white nationalist thinking at play in the alt-right movement for its part the anti-defamation league defined alt-right as a movement to quote embrace explicit or explicit racism or white supremacy. but some mainstream republicans diagree. hugh hewitt says quote i define the alt-right much more brd broadly as a reflexively anti-gop right.oadly as a reflexively anti-gop right. however y

that that moment, human beings look at the combined commitment of the great religions, christianity, judaismlam, hinduism, and they took the finest elements of those great religions and put them into three paragraphs that comprised the decoration of human rights. that was something perfect picture of how everyone should be treated peacefully with equal rights. the security council had abandoned this commitment to peace. if you are powerful nation, and you have a right to veto, you can do almost anything. and the security council would not condemn you. at the united states has sent troops to 30 countries to fight. other countries can do the same thing. if they are powerful enough. eight couple years ago, the new york times, the united states is finally can at least 10 of the -- united states is violating at least 10 of the 30 paragraphs and the universal declaration of human rights. a lot of those related to discrimination of women. not just blacks being equal to whites, so i think we have a long way to go. we need to reassess the basic premise of the united nations. to be for peace. and reco

. -- most of the time, people i was at that moment human beings look at combined christianity, judaism, islam, and so forth -- and they took the finest elements of every one of those great religions and put them down into a very brief paragraph that comprised the universal declaration of human rights. a perfect picture of how everybody should be treated equally, equal rights. so the security council has abandoned its commitment to peace. if you are a powerful nation with a permanent member, and have like a veto, you can do almost anything. the security council will not condemn you. i think the united states has sent armed troops to about 30 countries to fight under the approval of the united nations since the second world war. other countries can do the same thing. if they are powerful enough. "thete an op-ed piece for new york times" two years ago that showed the united states is now violating at least 10 of the 30 paragraphs in the universal declaration of human rights. a lot of those relate to the discrimination against women who are to be equal. it is not just blacks being equal to

hitler considered judaism a race.hat he is talking about is a very interesting argument and i wish i could have had it with him in terms of fleshing out the intellectual side of what judaism is. is it a race, a culture, a religion? he got so adamant. what i talk about in the slate piece is the terror that he must have felt. it must never have left him. at age 16, if it had been discovered that he was jewish, he could have been shot. brian: when did he die? mr. kendall: about two years ago and the book is dedicated to him. obviously i was thinking about him a lot, especially after he died. brian: back to tyler in cleveland. we really haven't talked about how john tyler became president. mr. kendall: william henry harrison, 68 years old, has a cold on inauguration day after giving a speech for a couple hours. tyler, his vice president under harrison. harrison dies a month into his administration. he's the first ice president to become resident and tyler took a very strong stance because there was a question about whethe