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‘Forward 50’ heavy on politicos; Faith groups petition Supremes re Prop. 8
The debates won’t matter
Joseph Stalin is reputed to have said, \”Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.\” I think he had it half right.
Meditating spies
Parshat Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Why is there so much disillusionment, fear and unsettling behavior in this parsha? And what can we learn from the chaos?
ADL’s decision doesn’t go far enough
While acknowledging that the massacres were a genocide, the ADL and its national director, Abraham Foxman, continue to refuse to support the congressional resolution (HR 106) that officially recognizes the Armenian genocide.
Challenge Your Child
So even if my rabbi\’s bar mitzvah talk engendered embarrassment and guilt in me, I now want to thank him for challenging me in the way he did that day.
My second childhood
It took eight decades, but at last I know what is meant by \”second childhood.\”
Partners in Creation
Many rabbinic texts detail our long tradition of ecotheology, explicitly supporting the idea that caring for the Earth is a distinctly religious imperative.
It May Be Time to Change Goals, Ideas on Philanthropy
We are donors to universities, museums, orchestras and hospitals, but when it comes to Jewish philanthropy, we fall short. Today, perhaps 20 percent or less of Jewish giving goes to Jewish causes.