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Time for Christian Voices Against Anti-Semitism
Is anti-Semitism like pornography? Do we know it when we see it? Absurd on the one hand, this analogy helps ...
Should We Care About People Not Like Us?
The context was a class on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago. I had finished the presentation by mentioning some ...
Corporations Are Not Religious
The Supreme Court gives corporations Freedom of Religion protection. Absurd. At the close of this season’s Supreme Court rulings, the ...
A Dog at the Seder
As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...
Affluenza—REALLY?!
This week’s stunning headline read “Affluenza Defense Lands Wealthy Teen in Rehab After He Kills 4 People in Drunk Driving Accident.”The ...
Social Justice and Shared Society
It was some 30 years ago that President Reagan signed into law and established a new federal holiday: The Reverend ...
Looking Back on Newtown With Sadness, Anger and Love
On Friday, December 14, 2012, I heard the news in the car. Shots were being fired in an elementary school ...
Is Revenge Justice?
A sixteen-year-old boy, driving drunk, killed four people. His attorneys cited “affluenza” as the cause of his recklessness and recommended treatment, not confinement. Affluenza is ...
Does The Jewish Community Need A Nelson Mandela Today?
World leaders today have assembled to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela. As tributes are paid to Mandela’s towering legacy ...
Mandela and Messianic Time
In less than a week, so much has been said to eulogize Nelson Mandela. Together with Frederik Willem de Klerk, ...