The Creeping Loosening of Concealed-Carry Laws
RAC Rundown: International Human Rights
The following is part of the "RAC Rundown" series of special legislative briefings that have been presented at Tzedek Central throughout the 2011 URJ Biennial.
World AIDS Day 2011: Progress is Reason to Celebrate
On World AIDS Day, we reflect on the incredible progress we have made fighting this disease and recommit ourselves to eradicating it
November Hate Crimes Watch: Real Crimes, Real Victims
Larry King, 15, was killed by a classmate for being gay.
Words Not Spoken . . . Words Not Heard
Words are powerful. In Genesis, chapter one, God creates through words: “God said, ‘Let there be light!’—and there was light. . . . God said, ‘Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters,’. . . . God now said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image,’ ” (Genesis 1:3, 6, 26).
Beit Shemesh Protesters Confront Abusive Gender Segregation
On Monday in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh (a town with a high number of ultra-Orthodox residents and even higher tensions between the secular and haredim), police officers once again removed a sign ordering the separation of men and women in public spaces inciting a 300-person protes
The Challenge of Righteousness
The wording of the verse gives rise to this debate. The text states that “Noah was a righteous man,” but immediately follows with the phrase “in his generation, he was above reproach. . . ” All of us, including the ancient Rabbis, are left to wonder if Noah is exceptional or not, if his righteousness would be universally righteous or simply righteous in his time.