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Conscience & Combat
The code gives a very reasonable set of principles that allow the state to be both effective in the defense of its citizens and protection of human dignity.
Stem Cell Research
What are the Jewish texts and values underlying the resolution on stem cell research? Jewish tradition teaches us that preserving life and promoting health are among the most precious of values. These values have informed our affirmative commitment to medical science throughout the ages.
Confronting and Combating Poverty in the United States
What are the Jewish texts and values underlying the resolution on confronting and combating poverty? "Our teachers have said: If all the troubles of the world are assembled on one side and poverty is on the other, poverty would outweigh them all" ( Midrash Exodus Rabbah 31:12).
Genocide by Any Other Name is Still Genocide: Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
As early as March of this year, humanitarian organizations were issuing warnings of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan. For a long time these warnings continued to be ignored by most of the mainstream and Jewish media, and Americans remain virtually unaware of the atrocities occurring there.
Musical Settings: Mah Tovu
Mah Tovu, Oh How Good. These words flow out of Balaam’s mouth at the summit of the height that overlooks the wasteland where the Hebrews are encamped. It is the third time that Balak has tried to get Balaam to curse the Israelites and yet out of Balaam’s mouth comes a blessing.
Musical Settings: Avot v’Imahot
The major rubric of the Jewish Prayer Service, the T'fillah, begins with our daily re-introduction between Jewish people and the Divine by way of making the family connection from our biblical ancestors to the Jewish present.
Diaspora: Miracle in Barbados
The alluring beauty, pristine beaches, ideal climate, and music festivals make Barbados one of the world's top winter tourist spots. What's more, this easternmost Caribbean island offers Jewish visitors Kabbalat Shabbat services in an exquisitely reconstructed historic synagogue; a new interactive Jewish museum; and a recently excavated mikveh, the oldest known in the Western Hemisphere.
Discovering Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has much to offer the Jewish traveler. Our weeklong journey began in the port city of Halifax, known as the gateway to Canada—where, from 1928 to 1971, more than one million immigrants entered the country.
Transcendental Canada
Last June, we returned to the enchanting city where, almost 30 years ago, we stood together under an outdoor chuppah. Our sightseeing began at Vancouver's renovated international airport, which features Bill Reid's native Indian sculpture, "The Spirit of Haida Gwaii," a nearly 20-foot-long canoe filled to overflowing with anthropomorphic characters of Haida mythology - the Raven, the Eagle, the Grizzly, the Mouse Woman, and the Dogfish Woman, among others. Many of Reid's carvings, a collection of vintage totem poles, and other native masterpieces can be found only minutes from the airport at the University of British Columbia's Anthropology Museum.