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March 23, 2022

Torah Study for the End of the World: Confronting Mortality

A common critique of religion is that it exists only to blunt our fear of death through the deployment of comforting fairytales, replacing life’s great and unsettling unknowns with visions of an afterlife which are — if not less unsettling — at least less unknown. 

Middle East Studies Association Endorses BDS

“Our members have cast a clear vote to answer the call for solidarity from Palestinian scholars and students experiencing violations of their right to education and other human rights,” MESA President Eve Troutt Powell said in a statement. 

Interfaith Prayer Service for Ukraine Held at Sinai Temple

Some of the participants included Saint Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Saint Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Los Angeles, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Adat Shalom, Temple Beth Am, HIAS, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, Temple Isaiah and Wilshire Boulevard Temple. 

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