Category: Social Issues
The Irony of Jewish American Heritage Month
On May 2, 2012, President Barack Obama declared: …by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2012 as Jewish American He... Read More
DivInnovations Profile 3: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL COLLEGE In conversation with Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives, Associate Professor of Religious Studies: ... Read More
Looking Different and Differently Looking
As far as I can remember, I’ve always looked different. In elementary school, my classmates called me a girl, a genie, and Aladdin. In middle school, I was a raghead, a diaperhead, and Sadam Hus... Read More
Francois Hollande: The Candidate for Change? Not for French Muslims
Last Wednesday night’s presidential debate saw Socialist hopeful Francois Hollande pitted against ‎incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy on key points of the political agenda including nuclear â... Read More
CeCe McDonald and the Need for Transformation: What Jacob’s Dream has to teach us about justice
CeCe's story is a particular story, a story of one woman living in a society with a long legacy of violence against women, violence against people of color, violence against queers, who fought back in... Read More
Faith and Race: A Dialogue Worth Having
Article first published in the Newsletter of the Parliament of the World’s Religions According to the Abrahamic traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha’i Faith, the u... Read More
Why I am voting against Amendment One in North Carolina
On May 8th, North Carolina voters will cast their ballots on a proposed amendment to the constitution that reads like this: “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal uni... Read More
From the Prophetic Age to Rabbinic Tradition: Who Will Call for Justice Now?
While the messages of the prophets are still desperately in need today, we no longer accept the prophetic system as legitimate. The call for justice is essential, yet the reality of one or two people ... Read More