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South Sudan’s One Year Anniversary
Today marks the one year anniversary of South Sudan’s secession from Sudan.
Conscience & Combat
The code gives a very reasonable set of principles that allow the state to be both effective in the defense of its citizens and protection of human dignity.
How My Texas Congregation Led the Way to Support Immigrant Families
Our congregation in McAllen, TX, is the go-to congregation for donations in support of immigrant families; the response from the Reform Jewish community has been amazing.
Genocide by Any Other Name is Still Genocide: Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
As early as March of this year, humanitarian organizations were issuing warnings of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan. For a long time these warnings continued to be ignored by most of the mainstream and Jewish media, and Americans remain virtually unaware of the atrocities occurring there.
Why We Must be Like Abraham and Speak Truth to Power
It is no secret that social action is a central maxim of Judaism.
Why Religion Matters
We can't compare faith flatly to reason and declare it intellectually inferior. Its territory is the drama of human life, where art is more precise than science.... Some say that religion is the cause of our worst divisions, and a threat to democracy and civilization.
Strategic Bedfellows
Some 40,000-50,000 Israelis travel to India each year (many of them "unwinding" in the country after completing military service), and are a very visible presence in the country. In some outlying locations Israelis comprise a dominant percentage of foreign visitors.
Jewish Journeys: The Questioner’s Quest
I didn't come to Temple Beth El expecting to convert, but it happened anyway.
In Khomeini's Shadow
Revolution. Everything in Iran changed on February 1, 1979, the day Ayatollah Khomeini returned to our country a few days after the departure of the Shah. Suddenly, millions were demanding an end to 2,500 years of monarchy--including hundreds of young Jews who joined the revolution against the wishes of their elders, hoping to recast their identities as secular Iranians who could assimilate seamlessly into the fabric of the promised utopia.