Why Jews around the World Are Praying for the Victory of the Egyptian Uprising
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Though a small segment of Jews have responded to right-wing voices from Israel, the majority of Jews are more excited and hopeful than worried about Egypt’s uprising.
Mishpatim: “An Eye for an Eye” from a Mystical Perspective
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This week we read parshat Mishpatim, the parsha of “Laws”. Amongst the plethora of laws there inscribed is the well-known injunction of ‘ayin tachat ayin – an eye for an eye’.
How Obama’s State of the Union Could Have Reflected the State of the Spirit Today
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Ideas like “caring for each other” or “caring for the planet” and words like love, generosity, compassion, solidarity, and environmental sanity were painfully absent from this year’s State of the Union address.
When Generosity, Love, and Kindness are Public Policy, the Violence We Saw in Arizona will Dramatically Diminish
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The attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of so many others in Arizona has elicited a number of policy suggestions, from gun control to private protection for elected officials, to banning incitement to violence
Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords Is More than a Tragedy
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The shooting of Jewish Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is not just a tragedy — it’s part of a right-wing assault on government and the liberals and progressives who support it.
The State of the Spirit, 2011
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Human beings share a deep yearning to live in communities that provide a sense of purpose to their lives. And we have an irrepressible instinct to seek freedom; creativity; artistic expression; higher and higher levels of understanding and consciousness; love and caring for others; the creation and enjoyment of beauty and pleasure; and both joyous celebration of and awe-filled responses to all the wonders of life in this universe.
Israel: Stop Discriminatory Home Demolitions
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(Jerusalem, March 9, 2011) – Israel should immediately cease the discriminatory demolition of homes belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel, Human Rights Watch said today.
Formative Culture in the Age of Imposed Forgetting
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The cultural politics of casino capitalism has numbed our sense of social and moral responsibility. Against this moral coma, with its theater of cruelty and legalized irresponsibility, we need to recast the language of politics.
Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down Corporate Rule
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Mt. Shasta, a small northern California town of 3,500 residents nestled in the foothills of magnificent Mount Shasta, is taking on corporate power through an unusual process — democracy.
Fear and Consequences: Healing from Jewish Historical Trauma
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Centuries of persecution and genocide have left many Jews so fearful that we see ourselves always and forever as victims, which blinds us to our role in the current oppression of Palestinians. As anti-Occupation Jews, we honor the legacy of Jewish resistance when we consciously choose solidarity over fear.