The Power of Love
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
September 9, 2007
How much easier would it be to build a world of love, compassion, justice and peace than the continued path of war and violence?
Category
humanity
Yes on Measure H: a measure of humanity
Rob Eshman
November 2, 2006
Has anyone else noticed that the only difference between your local Starbucks and your local homeless shelter is the shelter has a faster turnover?
State of Humanity Forum: ‘Darfur silence is lethal’
Robert David Jaffee
October 26, 2006
The inaugural State of Humanity Forum, held Oct. 17 at Valley Beth Shalom.
Loyalty to Jews or to humanity? There is no ‘either-or’
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
October 26, 2006
The question is whispered and must be answered in a forthright manner: Darfur or Israel? Is your loyalty to your people or to humanity? Is your loyalty to Judaism or to mankind? Are you essentially a Jew or a human being?
The Grit Behind the Glamour of L.A. Life
Erin Aubry Kaplan
February 16, 2006
Despite having a population of far more than 3 million and a cultural and economic diversity rivaled by very few places, Los Angeles is not quite viewed as a real city by much of the outside world.
Unspeakable Acts, Incredible Pictures
David Finnigan
July 14, 2005
A large, striped blue-and-white flag bearing the phrase, \”Liberation!\” greets visitors at the Museum of Tolerance exhibit, \”Liberation! Revealing the Unspeakable,\” about the Allied soldiers and the starved, dying and dead Jews they discovered while liberating concentration camps.
In a hallway there is a row of photographs of soldiers who became the saviors of survivors. Then, down a set of stairs to the main exhibit area, one gallery wall features a 1945 poem written by an unnamed survivor upon learning of Hitler\’s death:
I have outlived the fiend
My lifelong wish fulfilled
What more need I achieve
My heart is full of joy
Tsunami Leaves Us Awash in God Talk
Cathy Young
April 28, 2005
Last December, as the world tried to grapple with the devastating scope of the tsunami that hit South Asia — at last count, the death toll stood at nearly 300,000 — the tragedy became fodder for fatuous religious discussions, focusing on an ancient question: How can a just, good, all-powerful, all-loving God allow evil to happen and innocents to suffer?
Of Worms and Greatness
Rabbi Asher Brander
April 7, 2005
One often sees the world through the lenses of his or her own leanings. Our powerful intellects can serve to justify and spin most anything. Ultimate truth, goodness and our essential purpose can become casualties of our own bias. But what are we to do, how can we possibly escape our very humanity?
Intrusion Alarm
Arthur J. Magida
August 5, 2004
Primarily, I learned, as a writer, that if you live with a crime long enough, it seeps into you. You cry at the trials. You hug the siblings of the victim, and they hug you. You keep your distance. You know that the best thing most of the time is just to keep your trap shut and let people talk when they feel it is safe for them to talk — or when they feel they can do nothing but talk.
For the Kids
Abby Gilad
April 29, 2004
Jews have always used humor to get themselves through difficult times.
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