In recent months, the National Guard has been deployed in major U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, Memphis, Portland, and Los Angeles, in response to disputed concerns about crime and protest. Federal leaders have threatened additional deployments. These moments reflect a growing trend: the use—or threatened use—of federal military power in domestic situations that have traditionally fallen under local or state control.

During times of political division, many are quick to draw a line in the sand and assume that there is only one ideological path to protecting our values. However, we at A More Perfect Union believe that protecting and strengthening American democracy is not a partisan issue.

While the term ‘Zuckerbucks’ may seem harmless, it has a dark side – as well as implications for Jews and for American democracy.

What do we mean by civil society? And what does it have to do with the Jewish community?