http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/engaging-difficult-texts/ Mixed Multitudes Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/engaging-difficult-texts/#comment-466 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:11:47 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/texts/engaging-difficult-texts/#comment-466 [...] Selective Reading and the Torah August 16, 2007 at 8:12 am | In jewish denominations, halacha, beliefs, ethics, education | Daniel Septimus comments: We are all aware that when we turn to Jewish tradition for teachings that inspire us to work for social justice, we often turn a blind eye to texts that can inspire the opposite: religious paternalism, inequality, brutal forms of capital punishment, and yes, even race-based genocide. [...] […] Selective Reading and the Torah August 16, 2007 at 8:12 am | In jewish denominations, halacha, beliefs, ethics, education | Daniel Septimus comments: We are all aware that when we turn to Jewish tradition for teachings that inspire us to work for social justice, we often turn a blind eye to texts that can inspire the opposite: religious paternalism, inequality, brutal forms of capital punishment, and yes, even race-based genocide. […]

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