Talking ‘Traffic’ with Ben Smith, the Pittsburgh Trial and more
The Tree of Life Trial, Pittsburgh Jews and the Death Penalty:
Letter: “Most families of Pittsburgh synagogue victims support the death penalty for the shooter” in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
“The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Could Have Destroyed My Family — but Jewish Tradition Rejects the Death Penalty” by Beth Kissleff in the New York Times
Benyamin’s interview with a Tree of Life shooting survivor, “Postcard from Pittsburgh, on the 4th anniversary of Tree of Life massacre” in the Forward
Main Interview:
Ben Smith’s new book, “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the billion-dollar race to go viral,” out on May 2
Recommendations:
• A Person is a Person (אדם הוא אדם) by Benaia Barabi (בניה ברבי)
Music Video and lyrics + English translation
“A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them” by Timothy Egan
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