Politics & Society
What Kind of Peace Plan Is Trump Trying To Sell?
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Dr. Michael J. Koplow finds little encouragement in Sunday’s New York Times article on Trump’s approach to peace in the Middle East.
Healing Israel/Palestine
Why A Ramah Counselor Spoke-Out About the Occupation at Ramah Headquarters Last Week
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Not once, in my combined ten years at Ramah in the Berkshires and Ramah in the Rockies, did anyone mention the Occupation. We don’t talk about it because we want to pretend it doesn’t exist every summer.
Politics & Society
Files Show Extent of US Role in Massacre
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Newly declassified documents reveal the extent of US government knowledge and support of Indonesia’s 1965 anti-Communist massacre. Estimates of the number executed range from between 100,00 to 1,000,000.
Healing Israel/Palestine
"Complicated" isn't good enough. It's time for the Conservative movement to address the occupation.
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Instead of nurturing young leaders and teaching them to confront the injustice of the Occupation, I worry the Conservative movement has insulted their intelligence by teaching them the word “complicated.”
Islam
Our Own Crimes Are Worse than Those of Our Ancestors: Yes, Slavery Was Bad, But Did You Know You Just Killed 32 Million Muslims?
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René Girard devoted most of his life to exploring one of the darkest secrets of human nature: scapegoating. It seems we have a pervasive tendency to offload our own evil (and the guilt and shame that accompanies it) onto the Other.
Politics & Society
Countering Violent Anarchists
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But ultimately, the willingness to endure a physical attack or even risk one’s life is required.
Culture
Charlottesville and Thuringia
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The sirens and shouted curses from Charlottesville resounded all too audibly even here in far-off Germany. Little imagination was required; how well we know such brutal faces, twisted with hatred, the racist epithets and threats!
Politics & Society
To the Murdered Innocents—How America can regain Its Moral and Communitarian Soul
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We must feel our loss, our grief in empathy in order to regain our centers.
Politics & Society
How US Policy Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen
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President Trump – like President Obama – is working at cross purposes in supposedly fighting Al Qaeda in Yemen while helping Saudi Arabia kill Al Qaeda’s chief Yemeni enemies.
War & Peace
America's Wars
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If you want a single word to summarize American war-making in this last decade and a half, I would suggest rubble.