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• Whose Right to Intervene?  Immanuel Wallerstein
  Never mind the Crusaders. American empire building in the 21st century bears a striking resemblance to the efforts of the conquistadors of Christian Spain.
• Nuclear Irony  Tad Daley
  This spring the U.S. came closer to embracing the nuclear option than at any time since WWII. What brought us so close?
• Why SDS Now?  Paul Buhle
  Radical college students are reviving the legendary 1960s movement. Will it succeed?

• Pope Benedict XVI: The First Year  Matthias Beier
  Gucci, Prada, and an iPod are the hallmarks of the new Pontiff’s first year inoffice.
• New Faces of a Liberating God  Lisa Garrigues
  Contrary to the Vatican’s desires, Liberation Theology is not dead.
• My Choice  Donna Schaper
  The drama of abortion is not about the unborn. It is about women’s sexuality.
• Why Pushkin?  Nan Fink Gefen
  Learning how to let go and embrace the truth is a difficult—yet necessary—task.

• Portrait of the Artist as Political Philosopher  Joel Schalit
  Three new Biblically-themed portraits by the Middle East’s most thought-provoking photographer.
• The Art of Living  Micha Odenheimer
  Israel’s Ethiopian immigrants are changing the way we understand poverty.
• Was the Invasion of Iraq a Jewish Conspiracy?  Greg Palast
  Decrying the racism of today’s blame game, award-winning journalist Greg Palast pins the tail on the real donkey(s).
• Is the Israel Lobby Really That Powerful?  Stephen Zunes
  Yes, but there are limits to AIPAC’s influence on America’s foreign policy.

• Migrating Thoughts  Aryeh Cohen
  Why aren’t more Jews involved in the immigrant reform movement?
• Unlocked Gates: Steps Towards a Jewish Urban Theology  Jill Jacobs
  Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks to the rabbinical tradition to inspire progressive urban activism.
• Jewish Seminarians For Justice  Or N. Rose
  Today’s seminary students are coming out of the classroom to organize for social justice.

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Current Thinking

• Current Thinking: Shutting the Door 
  
• The Global Marshall Plan  Michael Lerner
  
• A Hopeful Sign: The Religious Left is Back  Michael Lerner
  
• Mash Down Babylon Back to the Future  Joel Schalit
  

The Contrarian

• What Is a "Caring" Foreign Policy?  George Vradenburg
  

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Voice For Peace

• Religion In Our Schools  Mark I. Pinsky
  
• Scripture and Homosexuality  Elizabeth Adams
  
• Choosing War 
  
• Voice For Peace: Who Speaks for Us?  Mitchell Plitnick
  

Spirit Matters

Books

• A Crisis of Meaning Holding Culture Accountable for Education  Sue Books
  
• Above the Law  Raymond Helmick
  
• Pluralism Ain't as Easy As It Looks  Roger Gottlieb
  
• All About the Benjamin  Michael Lukas
  

Television/Film

• Orthodykes: Ilil Alexander's Keep Not Silent  Shai Ginsburg
  

Music

• Bitter Greens: Walter Benjamin goes to the Opera  Charlie Bertsch
  
• Music Capsule Reviews 
  

Poem