Gaza: Is criticism Kosher?
We need to resist recurrent efforts by some Jews to define what is kosher for other Jews to say and do -- at the moment, about Gaza.The most important and most disappointing effort to do this is by...
View ArticleIsrael -Gaza: Unconventional short-range peacemaking
What might Israel do differently from what it is doing to stop the rockets — without regard to US policy or longer-range peacemaking?It is pretty clear that Hamas in Gaza is not just a "terrorist gang"...
View ArticleSubversive Prayer in Time of War
Subversive Prayer in Time of War – to Shatter Pyramids of CallousnessTwo weeks after the outbreak of carnage and war in Gaza and in Southern Israel, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue, as...
View ArticleFreedom Seder for the Earth
The Shalom Center is creating a 40th Anniversary New Interfaith Freedom Seder for the Earth to help us free ourselves from the greatest dangers of our time: the dangers of global scorching, the climate...
View ArticleAFGHANISTAN: Obama's disaster or Our new way of thinking?
DO NOT TRY TO OCCUPY AFGHANISTAN (Signed: The British Empire, 1842, 1884, 1919; The Soviet Empire, 1988; The United States of America, 2012) Dear co-walkers on the path of seeking justice, peace, and...
View ArticleOld King Coal is a Lethal old soul: protest in DC, March 2
Dear fellow-healers of the earth and humankind --Thousands of people will be taking part in a major protest against Coal Power that will be taking place in Washington DC on the afternoon of Monday,...
View ArticleR-rated Recipe for Passover & "New Freedom Sewder for the Earth"
First: For the downloadable, printable text of our new Freedom Seder for the Earth, see our website at www.shalomctr.org It's the 2d story on the home page. Secondly; Ask yourself: "Why is there...
View ArticleTorturing the Image of God
One of the central teachings of Torah is that all human beings are made in the Image of God. That teaching and what flows from it are at the heart of Jewish prohibitions on the use of torture. Indeed,...
View ArticleSwine flu, pig farms, & piggish politics
There is a lot more to the swine flu outbreak than a virus and a vaccine:The press in Mexico has been reporting that swine flu may have originated in the factory farming of pigs by Smithfield Foods...
View ArticleWill M..E. Peace => internal values crisis in Am. Jewish community?
If the US Insists on M. E. Peace -- Will There Be a Crisis over Values & Identity Within American Jewish Life?It is not yet clear whether President Obama is ready to use pressure against Israeli...
View ArticleWhat if the Biblical Ruth came to America Today?
Learning from Shavuot & Pentecost: Can We Share Our Food? Can We Share Our Talk & Tongues? Can We Relearn how to Share our Work & Rest?This coming Thursday evening, May 28, there begins...
View Article"The Mormons are Coming, the Jews are Coming!"
"The Mormons are Coming, the Jews are coming!"Suppose you read that opponents of same-sex marriage had taken ads in newspapers shouting "The Jews are Coming, the Jews are Coming" to warn people...
View ArticleMurder Is Murder -- and Abortion is NOT
So another physician has been murdered for making it possible for women to actually use their constitutional right to choose an abortion.All honor to Dr. Tiller, who joins the list of martyrs for...
View ArticleMurders in the "Cathedral": Holocaust Museum & Wichita Church
The Holocaust Museum murder and the murder of Dr. Tiller at his church in Wichita share several characteristics: 1. Both men who have been accused of the murders have long histories of involvement...
View ArticleSOLIDARITY WITH IRAN: WEAR GREEN!
The Ahmedinajad- Khatami regime has stolen an election.And now the regime is repressing the nonviolent uprising that welled up to protest. Last night I saw more than 200 photographs from Iran, sent by...
View ArticleJews Call Climate-Healing Shabbat for Noah/Rainbow Torah-time
A CALL TO OBSERVE SHABBAT NOACH, OCTOBER 23-24, AS "GLOBAL CLIMATE HEALING SHABBAT"This fall, Shabbat Noach -- when Jews around the world read the Torah portion about the Flood, Noah, the Ark, and...
View ArticleThe Atmosphere --- or Mere Atmospherics?
The effort to prevent climate disaster for Planet Earth is not going well.Why? For starters --- Since the beginning of the year, oil and gas companies and electric utilities have spent nearly $24...
View ArticleRecession, Rabbis, & Rahm
The Great Recession is eating away at many of our congregations: Lost jobs, failing businesses, collapsed retirement funds lead to congregational deficits, layoffs, endangered mortgages and building...
View ArticleYom Kippur & the Middle East: Our misdeeds and theirs
During these days between Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, Jews are called on to reexamine our own actions -- our "missings of the mark." The emphasis is on OUR sins - not those of individuals alone,...
View ArticleTen best reasons for a bigger US war in Afghanistan
Ten best reasons to send more US troops to Afghanistan If you want to breed and train more would-be terrorists who hate the USA, the best way to do so is attacking Afghan villages where key Al Qaeda...
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