Jack Mizel

Sep 27, 2024 | hrzone.com | Jack Mizel |Nadia Nagamootoo

This article is part of an HRZone series recognising National Inclusion Week 2024: #ImpactMattersThe story of rabbi Hillel nicely illustrates the wisdom of empathy:Over two thousand years ago, a man asked rabbi Hillel and rabbi Shammai the same question: Can you teach me the Torah while I stand on one leg? (meaning, of course, in a very short time). The passionate and irascible Shammai sent him away, as it was a ridiculous question to him.

Jun 22, 2023 | hrzone.com | Jack Mizel

As an ally, I, by definition, don’t have the lived experience of someone from the queer community. I have been an ally to this community for 30 years, and consider myself to be empathetic and although I have not experienced prejudice for my sexuality and gender choices, I have both witnessed and experienced hatred just for being. Fighting against mindless hatredIn the 1980s, at one of my first jobs, one of my colleagues would make hissing noises whenever he saw me.