May 6, 2014 | Ethics
*The following names are from a database of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada documented in Maryanne Pearce's thesis: An Awkward Silence: Missing And Murdered Vulnerable Women And The Canadian Justice System . Veil of tears #ItEndsHere The women sit...
Apr 27, 2014 | Ethics
What is tolerance? I looked it up: “A fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry; sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices...
Apr 24, 2014 | Ethics
I remember the day Barak Obama was elected President of the United States. I was in America for the birth of a grandchild. When the announcement came that the first black man in history had been elected to the Office of President, I was over the moon, overcome with...
Apr 9, 2014 | Ethics
"What hurts the victim is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander." Elie Wiesel We are in the process of commemorating the wanton murder of Tutsis, for the crime of being Tutsis, in Rwanda by the Hutus. An event that should...
Apr 2, 2014 | Ethics
In the spring of 1994, the Hutus of Rwanda turned on the Tutsis and within 100 days murdered almost 800,000 of them. “Why?” They asked. For being Tutsis? They probably asked God: “Why would such a thing happen?” Is that not...
Jan 28, 2014 | Ethics
I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Mordechai Kedar sponsored by my fellow Huffington Post blogger, Tahir Aslam Gora. I met Tahir at a breakfast meeting held by CIJA to introduce us to Yossi Klein Halevi, author of Like Dreamers. Tahir is a quiet...
