by Diane | Oct 18, 2020 | Politics
Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin. (Deut 24: 16) Deuteronomy refers to human justice as administered in a court of law. How can mere mortals decide the extent to which...
by Diane | Oct 3, 2020 | Politics
Judaism teaches that social justice includes leaving grain and produce during the harvest for the poor to glean in order to provide all people the dignity of work. A hand up and not a perpetual hand out. “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not...
by Diane | Sep 21, 2020 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Let’s take another look at antisemitism. First the bad news: As long as there is one Jew alive there will be antisemitism. Now the good news: As long as there is one Jew alive there will be antisemitism. According to the number of Jews in Roman times,...
by Diane | Sep 13, 2020 | Politics
Trump meets Saudi Prince Obama meets Saudi prince In 2009 Barack Hussein Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize – not for anything he had done but because he had been elected....
by Diane | Sep 8, 2020 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
One of the greatest gifts the Jewish people have given to the world is the concept of hope, for a better future. And we make that future possible because of the belief in moral agency: free will. With free will we choose hope, because we choose life. God said...
by Diane | Aug 25, 2020 | Politics
How often have we, as a society, looked back at the well-educated German people in the 1930’s and questioned how they came to accept Nazism and Hitler? Well, look around you. See how many people are behaving like good little Nazis walking in lock step with...
