Posts Tagged ‘Rabbi Charles Familant’
No Man Is An Island!
IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WHO WE ARE IS REVEALED. NONE OF US ARE ISLANDS UNTO OURSELVES; WE ARE ALL OF ONE COMMUNITY; THE DAYS OF EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF SHOULD BE OVER; SOLIDARITY OVERSHADOWS RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM; As an introduction to what follows I am including here meditation XVII of John Donne: “No man is…
Read MoreFlu Shots & Loving Songs NOW for Kids in Cages
Incredibly powerful piece from The Shalom Center… Holy-Day Love Songs for Children in “Detention” Cages [Dear friends of all communities of love and Spirit, Hanukkah and Christmas are approaching. Both holy times beckon us to Light and Love. In “detention centers” that are really becoming concentration camps of illness and trauma, refugee and…
Read MoreFalse Equivalency Between Truth and Lies? Result: Erosion of Democracy
From Chris Hedges via Truthdig: “The Democratic Party and its liberal supporters are perplexed. They presented hours of evidence of an impeachable offense — Perhaps journalists, by giving voice to opponents of impeachment—who do indeed live in a world not based in fact—created a false equivalency between truth and lies. [It might have been useful to…
Read MoreA Response to Howard Jacobson
by Rabbi Charles Familant Editor’s Note: Rabbi Familant wrote this note some time ago, but he feels that it is uniquely applicable today. We very much agree. Mr. Jacobson, I shall start with your rather provocative statement: “Rhetoric is precisely what has warped report and analysis these past months…’Massacre’ and ‘Slaughter’ are rhetorical terms. They…
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