It’s time to create an alternative to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund—a global bank that prioritizes sustainability, not growth.
2015
Buddhism and Debt
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What resources does Buddhism offer toward Jubilee? To achieve the Buddhist goal of release from karmic debt, we must annul economic debt.
Special Web Articles
Embracing the Radical Economics of the Bible
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The spirit of the Jubilee laws is clear and relevant: to prevent the emergence of a permanently impoverished underclass.
Special Web Articles
What Makes a Poem Jewish?
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The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry edited by Deborah Ager and M.E. Silverman. Review by David Danoff.
2015
Power Without the King: The Debt Strike as Credible Threat
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If we want to abolish debt, we’ll have to do it ourselves. If debtors refuse to pay, our debts cease being our problem—they become the bank’s problem!
Reviews
Transcending Economic Dualities
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Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons by David Bollier. Review by Miki Kashtan.
Special Web Articles
Between Paradigm Shift Judaism and Neo-Hasidism: The New Metaphysics of Jewish Renewal
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Led by Reb Zalman, the Jewish Renewal movement ushered in a new Aquarian Age of Judaism. To make it stick, we need to talk metaphysics. Plus: a response by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (z”l) written in the last days of his life gives insight into how our great teacher saw his life’s work.
Economy/Poverty/Wealth
You Are Not a Loan: Strike Debt and the Emerging Debtors Movement
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Millions of Americans incur debt to pay for basic needs. To escape this trap, we must “come out” as debtors and start experiencing our debts collectively.
Special Web Articles
Reading Death
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To Mourn a Child: Jewish Responses to Neonatal and Childhood Death Edited by Jeffrey Saks and Joel Wolowelsky and Kaddish: Women’s Voices Edited by Michal Smart and Barbara Ashkenas. Review by Erica Brown.
30.1 Winter
A New Take on the First Commandment: Building the Religious Counterculture
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If we worship anything, it should be the power of liberation. The first commandment warns us away from wealth, status, and other false gods.
Special Web Articles
Silencing Dissent: How Biased Civil Rights Policies Stifle Dialogue on Israel
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Packed with right-wing demagogues, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has started using its authority to suppress legitimate criticisms of Israel.
Special Web Articles
Embracing Change: Forgotten Traditions Within Sephardic Judaism
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Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East by Zvi Zohar. Review by Tzvi Marx.
Spiritual Politics
Sharing Empathy, Sharing Power: A Catholic Take on Debt and Jubilee
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If we are going to demand just and fair debt relationships no longer hijacked by power plays, perhaps we need to instill in our systems and ourselves an understanding of childhood and adult development and build toward a capacity for perspective-taking.
2015
Reimagining Jubilee: A Political Horizon for Our Times
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Economic forms of Jim Crow continue to exist throughout the credit industry today. A modern call for Jubilee would seek to level the racial playing field.