Liberation

Mourning Our Way to the World to Come

Posted on July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 by Alex Weissman

One of the things I love most about Judaism is how we mourn. We do keriya, a physical tearing of our clothes to materially represent our pain. We recite kaddish yatom, a prayer that requires a group o... Read More

The 99% Occupy Movement: We Need Interclass Dialogue for Mutual Transformation, Liberation

Posted on November 4, 2011November 8, 2011 by Paul Joseph Greene

The Occupy Movement has identified itself using the term 99%. On the face, this seems to present a permanent dichotomy between the 1% of richest people, and the 99% of the rest of us. Of course,... Read More

Occupy Wall Street: Abundance v Scarcity

Posted on October 28, 2011November 2, 2011 by Tiffany Buchanan

While preparing for class recently, I read an article by Walter Brueggemann “The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity” which takes a Christian theological analysis to the notions of abundanc... Read More

What’s a Human Life Worth?

Posted on October 20, 2011October 27, 2011 by Joshua Ratner

I tend not to comment in print about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. No matter what I might say, it will invariably alienate some as being too sympathetic to Palestinians and others as being too pro... Read More