Archive for October, 2011
Hagai El-Ad of ACRI accepts Gruber Justice Prize
The head of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the country’s central civil and human rights organization, here accepts one of the five 2011 Gruber Justice Prizes. Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barack won the prize for Israel last in 2006 and the other four honorees represented cutting-edge human rights advocates from Kurdish [...]
Oct 11th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
My thoughts on Kol Nidre at Occupy Wall Street
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Oct 10th, 2011 General 0 Comments
Occupy Yom Kippur
Over 700 people (exact number up for debate) prayed Kol Nidre in an exuberant, politically thoughtful and intently spiritual gathering across from the main Occupy Wall Street camp. Blogging to come, catch the photos and the press: Huffington Post — http://is.gd/feRSK1 Daily Kos — http://is.gd/oqzqKk +972 — http://is.gd/aFdjUd Religion Dispatches – http://is.gd/00hj1X Alef – http://is.gd/3LAmsW And join Occupy Judaism’s email [...]
Oct 8th, 2011 Judaism and Politics 0 Comments
Blog forgiveness
If I can commit sins of arrogance, ignorance and misuse of power through the web, then surely I can repent through it. Click to read the blogger’s Al Chet mediation I wrote originally in 2009. It seems truer every year. For all those who wronged me through digital and virtual means, I forgive, and let [...]
Oct 6th, 2011 Judaism 0 Comments
UPDATE: Kol Nidre at Occupy Wall Street grows, gains mahzors, leaders
Now at nearly 200 attendees. RSVP here. From organizer Dan Sieradski: Friday night, Oct 7 @7PM Zuccotti Park (Broadway & Liberty St.) Exact location TBA Look for signs For your convenience, some notes: It will be a traditional egalitarian service (Hebrew language with some English readings and an unseparated mixed-gender community, with both men & [...]
Oct 6th, 2011 Judaism 0 Comments
Kol Nidre minyan this Friday at Occupy Wall Street
“Prayer is useless, unless it is subversive, unless it shatters pyramids of callousness and power.” — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel For those for whom traditional prayer alone will not suffice this year, for whom the subversive is key, perhaps Kol Nidre in Zucotti Park, in the Financial District of Manhattan, would both inspire the soul [...]
Oct 4th, 2011 Politics 0 Comments