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Let's Try to Remember Where We're Going
With the Senate and House bills passed, it seems to follow that we should be on our way to health insurance reform in no time, right? Wrong.
A One-to-One Ratio
Harri Plotnick is an intern at the Religious Action Center. She belongs to Congregration Keneseth Israel, where she also teaches religious school.
NILI Asks U.S. to Restart Middle East Peace Negotiations
Religious representatives from NILI, the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East, are calling upon the U.S.
Yoffie On Women of the Wall
We are continuing to follow the series of events surrounding the Women of the Wall, and I hope that you are now, too.
Taxation without Representation!
If I were to tell you there is a group of adult Americans who pay their taxes, have never been convicted of a crime, are born in the United States yet who are legally disenfranchised, you might be confused.
Let's Make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a Day ON!
Fewer than 50 years ago, whites and blacks in parts of this country had separate drinking fountains, movie theaters had "colored balconies," and housing restrictions were common.
"Too Often We Forget About Each Other"
When I was on the Jerusalem city council, I gave a lot of thought to earthquakes. The seismologists had figured out that every eighty years an earthquake strikes Israel, and since the last major earthquake occurred in 1927, we are due for another one soon.
A Vision of Food Justice
What did you do to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this year? I spent the weekend with Reform congregation KAM Isaiah-Israel in Hyde Park, Chicago, learning about food.
Can Crisis in the Caribbean Cause Change?
While the recent crisis in Haiti has spurred many Americans to action - through donations, public service, humanitarian aid, etc. - it has also precipitated a reckoning with current domes