Galilee Diary: Peace talk VII: A modest proposal
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
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Galilee Diary: Peace talk VI: Listening
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
They combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and the Lord is in their midst.
RAC Round-up: Looking Back on June
As June comes to a close, I've been compiling press clips of stories the RAC has appeared in throughout the month. Let's take a look back at what we've been working on for the past few weeks, shall we?
June 2: Doonesbury angers Jews and their 'crabby and
Galilee Diary: Peace talk V - Living with the other
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
When she saw that [Joseph] had left [his garment] in her hand and had fled outside, she called out to her servants and said to them, "Look, he had to bring us a Hebrew to dally
Galilee Diary: Peace talk III - Living with history
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Who is the mightiest of the mighty? ... Some say: he who is able to turn his enemy into a friend.
-Avot d'Rabbi Nathan version A chapter 23
One of the obstacles to the creation of
Galilee Diary: Peace talk II: Jewish and democratic
As I suggested in my last entry, in thinking about what it will take for Jews and Arabs to live together in peace in Israel, there are (at least) four different dimensions to consider: the political, the historical, the cultural, and the personal.
Galilee Diary: Peace talk
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
...Priest and prophet alike, they all act falsely, They offer healing offhand for the wounds of My people, Saying "Peace, peace," when there is no peace.-Jeremiah 6:13-14 (and 8
Galilee Diary: Green thoughts V: spring report
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
For now the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The blossoms have appeared in the land, the time of pruning has come; The song of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Galilee Diary: Independence
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
This year's observance of
Galilee Diary: Spring countdown
As principal of a Jewish school in the US, I always felt that once we hit Tu Beshvat, the year is over - there is no time or energy left to do anything except cope with the succession of holidays, get ready for the end of the year, and work on the plans, hiring, etc. for next year.
