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Is this the next wave in Jewish community or just the same old thing?

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This article in Zeek magazine http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117044/(a product of the Jewish  Forward) aptly describes the ways that young Jews are connecting to Jewish community through justice organizations, Community Based Organizing, and through Food!  They have changed the landscape completely of the Jewish community. The ongoing rejection of traditional Jewish institutions is troubling however.  Perhaps it is not…Read more »

In an age of Doubt

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So more and more people are moving away from organized religion says  Robert Putnam and David Campbell (read LA Times article here). They are the authors of a new book “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us.” This is something I hear all the time from people.  They don’t believe in religion because they can’t…Read more »

WikiLeaks

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So the Iraq war civilian casualties were worse than reported.  I am not surprised.    It seems according the reports this past weekend more than 109,000 Iraqi civilians lost their lives from 2003 -2009.  More bloody and more violent than our own government led us to believe.  But other reports during the Iraq war claimed high numbers…Read more »