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Thinking About a Debt Beyond Our Own
We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the so-called fiscal cliff: that moment, a few weeks off, when massive spending cuts kick in and major tax breaks expire. There has been a lot of frantic talk...
View ArticleSenators Propose Cuts in Funding to Palestinian Authority and United Nations
In response to the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s successful bid to become a nonmember observer state at the United Nations, members of the United States Senate have proposed three retaliatory...
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Remembering Rwanda on Yom Hashoah
On Yom Hashoah we remember the great tragedy that we as a people and as a world faced during World War II over 60 years ago. But how do we use that memory today? To what end does that experience...
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What Matters to Us: Reflections from the Consultation on Conscience
by Rabbi Barry Block The disconnect is striking. “The Jewish vote,” we were told last year, is all about support for Israel. But here I am at the Consultation on Conscience. Israel is on the agenda,...
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More Than Just The Corners of Our Fields
As a fellow Eisendrath Legislative Assistant, Raechel Banks, wrote yesterday, “There are many ways to ‘share our bread with the hungry’ (Isaiah 58:7).” She discussed a very tangible way of helping to...
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Jewish Disability Advocacy Day: A Big Success!
I spent yesterday on Capitol Hill for Jewish Disability Advocacy Day, which is an opportunity to learn about legislative issues of importance to individuals with disabilities and their families and to...
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