Thirty-five years of women in charge

Guardian Unlimited 2 weeks ago

Thirty-five years of women in charge | Jonathan Romain

The parallels are astonishing. For centuries rabbis had been male. In Jewish life, women deserved respect, but it was men who had been the guardians of tradition. Suddenly women wanted to become rabbis. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Can We Talk About Religion, Please?
1 month ago

I absolutely agree, Randy, that we should be allowed to vigorously but politely discuss religion, religious beliefs, and the impact of our action and inaction on the world around us resulting from those beliefs. Full Article at Butterflies and Wheels
YOUR VIEW: Palestinians, too, have ancient land claim
1 month ago

Thomas J. Shire Jr. lives in Marion. He is a retired businessman and educator and former Southeastern Massachusetts coordinator for the Palestine Human Rights Campaign. Full Article at SouthCoastToday.com
Who is a Jew? Part Four
1 month ago

Continued from page three JC: I always marvel, at every Seder night, that, 2,000 years ago, before the real spiral of ongoing persecution, destruction and Holocaust, some rabbi had the understanding of what would be the Jewish fate to say that “in... Full Article at The Jewish Chronicle
Eleven Countries Turn Back on Ahmadinejad’s Anti-Jewish Speech
2 months ago

(IsraelNN.com) Eleven countries, led by France and the United States, walked out Wednesday evening on a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that railed against Jews and Israel. Full Article at Arutz Sheva