The Jewish – And Black Lives Matter – Case for Medicare for All
Rabbi Robin Podolsky
July 6, 2020
Our current lack of a national health plan puts persons of color and low-income people at particular risk.
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jewish values
50 years on, Bernie Sanders still champions values of his Israeli kibbutz
Jewish Journal
February 8, 2016
Every morning, Bernie Sanders would wake up at 4:10 a.m. to pick apples and pears.
Skip college — embrace Judaism and learn a trade
Jewish Journal
October 30, 2015
The conventional profile of American Jews is that they tend to be highly educated and work in professions like medicine, finance, law and the academy.
Why Jews unite more than Christians
David Suissa
August 11, 2014
Imagine that you are a Jew, and that you are president of the United States. Your security adviser has just whispered in your ear that 200 Jewish girls in Africa have been kidnapped and are being threatened with rape.
Jewish values inspire immigration reform
Jewish Journal
May 22, 2013
Of all the stories of the human condition, in many ways, this is quite ordinary. It’s a story of an elderly grandmother and her granddaughter; of familial love and loss.
Darfur project cooks up first for Bronfman prize
Tom Tugend
March 14, 2008
The simplest innovations sometimes lead to the greatest rewards, as Rachel Andres learned this week when she was named the 2008 recipient of the $100,000 Charles Bronfman Prize. The annual prize is awarded to a person or team under 50 years of age, whose Jewish values spark humanitarian efforts that contribute to the betterment of the world. In Andres\’ case, her work gives succor to some of the most helpless and brutalized people in the world, the 10,000 refugee families, mostly fatherless, who have escaped the massacres in Darfur.
Patriot Jew
Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
March 14, 2008
Some recent negative press in our community indicates, lamentably, that some Jews in America still view themselves as Persecuted Jew instead of Patriot Jew. Of course, we all can learn from Mordechai how to maintain a pristine patriotism for the country that has been so good to us.
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