A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture & Society

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• The Voice of Fear and the Voice of Hope  Michael Lerner
  In order to create a more just, democratic, and caring society, we have to confront the new politics of fear.
• On Torture and Being "Good Americans"  Fred Branfman
  No leader in history has ever publicly demanded the right to torture.
• The Politics of Lying  Henry A. Giroux
  The Bush administration has made deception and exaggeration central to maintaining its political power. We explore the consequences.
• Corporate Complicity in Congo's War  Kathleen Kern
  Rape has become an epidemic in Congo. Are Western multinationals to blame?

• Righteous Indignation  Or N. Rose
  A conversation with one of America's leading religious progressives.
• Freedom of the Pulpit  Peter Laarman
  According to an Anglican activist, the IRS has begun persecuting liberal churches.
• The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace  Sharon D. Welch
  We need to start speaking about alternatives to war in a language that will inspire Americans to take action.
• What We're Doing  Michael Galvan and Robyn Thomas
  

• It's the Economy, Stupid... Or Is It?  Shlomo Swirski
  Due to the Likud government's economic policies, more Israelis live in poverty than ever before. It's time for a change.
• Replacing the Roadmap  Ben Lynfield
  Despite the hype, Sharon left Israel without a peace plan. One of Jerusalem's best reporters explains why.
• An Unusable Past?  David B. Starr
  Religious Zionism wasn't always the province of nationalists. Long before the settlers, there was Martin Buber.

• Jewish Renewal and the Holocaust  Shaul Magid
  How the Shoah helped shape the development of a new approach to Torah and the world.
• Tikkun Olam: Jewish Funds for Jusice 
  
• How to Live in the Wilderness  Sharon Kleinbaum
  We need the ability to believe that change is possible. A leading New York rabbi explains why.

• Letters 
  

Current Thinking

• Twenty Years Young; Coming Soon to a Town Near You; Good News from the South  
  
• I Dream of Ideology  Joel Schalit
  

The Contrarian

• Hope in American Policy  George Vradenburg
  

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Voice For Peace

• Mr. Peretz, It's Time for Peace Now  Mitchell Plitnick
  

Spirit Matters

• Rediscovering Judaism 
  

Books

• The Refugee Experience  Liv Leader
  
• Inextricably Bonded  Mark LeVine
  
• A to Action  Daniel Morris
  
• Capsule Reviews 
  

Television/Film

• Crossing Borders  Shai Ginsburg
  

Music

• Making Music Out of Free-Range Eggs  Charlie Bertsch
  Charlie Bertsch serves up Matthew Herbert's Plat Du Jour
• Album Reviews 
  

Poem

• Orientation Talk for a New Immigrant