rabjeff's synopsis of Arthur Green's talk on Abraham Joshua Heschel and Hasidism.

"For Heschel the most significant mitzvot are
  Feeding the poor, ending war, marching with MLK.
  These are spiritual acts, not just political.
  These are the acts for which we were created.

"Heschel’s God was very personal, but we must do the work for God."

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fantasticbanana's interesting and engaging blog post from last March on otherness, ethnic and racial identity:

Passing for White: Other-ness and Judaism

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Rus Bowden via poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com:

"This April, Ayat al-Ghermezi (or Ayat al-Gormezi) was reported to have been raped and killed (http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2011/04/poetic-obituaries-ayat-al-ghermezi-20.html) while in the custody of Bahraini forces. Bahrain is blaming the misinformation on Iran, but still and all, we ( Read more... )

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Christian churches and Jewish synagogues rely on very different financing models, yet both “appear to raise about the same amount per member,” according to a survey conducted by the Jewish newspaper The Forward (article by Josh Nathan-Kazis).  While synagogue members pay annual dues, churches rely primarily on voluntary donations from members.

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