In late fall of 2009, I was sitting for an interview with National Geographic on the bow of a Coast Guard Icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. I was the chief scientist on an expedition to study polar bears. According to NASA’s predictions, we were supposed to be breaking solid ice. Instead, we were motoring at full speed: at a time the sea was supposed to be frozen, there was no ice to be seen.

We invite you to join our congregation-wide book discussion of "How to Be an Antiracist," by Ibram Kendi, sponsored by the Response to Racism Committee: November 8, 2020, as well as a special shabbat service on November 7.