As perfect a 21st century Jewish mission statement as you are going to find - here’s a taste from a recent Ha’aretz editorial on the plight of Darfurian refugees who are currently seeking asylum in Israel:
Too soon we have forgotten the suffering that is the lot of the persecuted. Perhaps we have grown accustomed [...]
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Alarm Bell for the Collective Conscience
Posted in Africa, Darfur, Human Rights, Immigration, Israel on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Dream - and Act - for Darfur
Posted in Africa, Current Events, Darfur, Genocide, Global Activism, Human Rights on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I wrote about Mia Farrow and ”Dream for Darfur” almost a year ago - and since that time DFD has geared up big time to use the Beijing Summer Olympics to focus world attention on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Here’s DFD’s own description of their mission:
The 2008 Olympics are fast approaching. Between [...]
The Genocide Olympics
Posted in Africa, Current Events, Darfur, Genocide, Global Activism, Human Rights, Politics on May 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Mia Farrow’s incredible Wall Street Journal editorial last March - regarding Sudan, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympics - has given powerful new momentum to the Darfur activist movement. In the words of one NY Times writer, Farrow’s efforts “could accomplish what years of diplomacy could not.”
In the meantime, there’s been a great [...]
Poetry of Genocide
Posted in Africa, Anti-Semitism, Darfur, Global Activism, Holocaust, Judaism, Poetry, Religion, Religion/Politics on April 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In honor of Yom Hashoah (”Holocaust Remembrance Day”), here are two poems by survivors of genocide: one by the great Jewish/Italian writer Primo Levi (who died twenty years ago this month) and the other by Emtithal Mahmoud, a 13-year-old Darfur native who now lives in Philadelphia.
Please participate in the upcoming Global Days For Darfur - [...]
On Auschwitz, Phnom Phenh and Darfur
Posted in Africa, Anti-Semitism, Darfur, Genocide, Holocaust, Human Rights, Religion, Yom Hashoah on April 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This Saturday, JRC will commemorate Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) with a memorial service for the victims of the Shoah, followed by a presentation from a survivor of a more recent genocide.
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge invaded the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh and initiated a genocidal campaign against the Cambodian people that [...]
Darfur FAQs
Posted in Africa, Darfur, Global Activism, Holocaust, Human Rights on October 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Question #1: How can we reasonably compare the crisis in Darfur to the sheer scale of evil that was the Holocaust?
Of course there are aspects to the Holocaust that set it apart from other genocides. This claim, however, is largely academic. At the end of the day, there is nothing to be accomplished by insisting [...]
Collective Guilt, Collective Atonement
Posted in Current Events, Darfur, Genocide, Holocaust, Human Rights, Judaism, Religion, Religion/Politics, Spirituality, Torah Commentary on April 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“This shall be to you a law for all time: to make expiation for the Israelites for all their sins once a year.” — Leviticus 16:34
The concept of collective guilt is central to this week’s Torah portion, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim. The parasha powerfully teaches that communities, just like individuals, are able to bear guilt. And just [...]
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