The American Elections
- Pay Attention to Women, Senator Obama!
Anna Quindlen analyzes the opportunity Sen. Obama has to win back women to his side. - Senator McCain and Senator Obama on Israel and the US
Republican Presidential Candidate Senator John McCain and Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama addressed AIPAC in early June, 2008. Here are their remarks. - An Open Letter to Hillary
One woman expresses her appreciation for what Hillary's campaign has meant to the women in her life.
Politics & Society
- Betancourt thanks Chavez!
You have been told that the Venezuelan President supports the Farc thugs. So why did Betancourt thank him? Johann Hari explains. - A note from Israeli Peace Activists, June
Fighting one manifestation of apartheid in the West Bank - A brief note on Globalization
Globalisation is not good: Globalisation for the Common Good is good by Kamran Mofid
Spiritual Activism
- The Downward Mobility of God -- to a Stable at Christmas
Rev. Lynice Pinkard helps us see through the commercialized symbolism to the homeless people in that stable. - Chanukah and Christmas
Chanukah and Christmas share a message of hope--and yet they should not be smushed together because so doing turns these holidays into spiritually empty mush. - Canadian Newspaper Interview of Rabbi Lerner
Now, if we could only get into the consciousness of the European Union and the Middle East!
Current Issue
Israel / Palestine
- The Jerusalem Tractor "Terrorist"
The human story behind the recent attack on a bus in Jerusalem by a Palestinian with a huge Caterpillar tractor. - The Culture of Fear in Israel
Israel's culture of fear has a life of its own, independent of whether it is grounded in something real--it has tendency to create objects of fear where there are none. - Tutu in Gaza
Archbishop Tutu, who won a Nobel Prize for courageously standing up against apartheid in South Africa, has now entered the struggle for Middle East peace. - Time for the US to Forcefully Impose a Settlement in Israel/Palestine
Akiva Eldar argues that peace requires a forceful imposition of a settlement agreement by President Bush.
Iraq War
- No War for Oil!
Yet that is precisely what happened in Iraq, says Tom Engelhardt in his Tomdispath.com - Challenging the Miliatrization of U.S. Energy Policy
Michael T. Klare shows why a military approach to US energy security has failed, and what changes are needed. - Don't Bomb Iran
With the Democratic Congress cheerfully funding the Iraq war, Bush may turn to Iran. - Don't Get Fooled by Petraeus Again
Two articles help us see how distorted the information is that is being fed to the American people by the media.
Judaism
- Some Criticism of Israel is Genuinely Anti-Semitic
Just because the Jewish establishment and its followers call legitimate criticism of Israel "anti-Semitic" does not mean there isn't anti-Semitic criticism of Israel. - The Ghosts of Chanukah Future
Rabbi Jill Jacobs on how Chanukah represents the triumph of memory over history. - Jews, Food, and the Environment
Hazon's Food Conference Strengthens the Jewish Voice for Sustainability.
Culture
- Manfred Wolf reviews the controversial Black Book on DVD
A 2007 movie asks hard questions about heroes of the WWII Resistance. - Summer of Hate?
While ignoring the huge crimes of war and poverty fostered by our political/economic system, Americans have been pouring out their anger at various domestic scapegoats. - On the Sopranos
Tikkun author and culture critic David Shasha reflects on the depth and brilliance of "The Sopranos."
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