Day 2 in Rwanda:
Our first two destinations were two local community associations that are supported by WE-ACTx. Icyuzuzo is an association of Rwandan widows located in the Nyamirambo district. Icyuzuzo (Kinyarwanda for “compliment” or “complete”) serves 5000 clients in the surrounding districts, sponsoring clincs, vocational training, HIV prevention education, palliative care and capacity building [...]
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A Legacy of Pain and Hope
Posted in Africa, Genocide, HIV/AIDS, Holocaust, Human Rights, International Health, JRC Africa Trip 2008, Poverty, Rwanda on July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hitchin’ a Ride on the Hagee Train
Posted in American Judaism, Elections 2008, Holocaust, Interfaith, Iran, Israel, Politics, Religion, Religion/Politics, Zionism on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pastor John Hagee’s outfit, Christians United For Israel is gearing up for their annual summit next month, and if you need to be reminded of just how troubling CUFI’s views are, check out journalist Max Blumenthal’s video report on last year’s summit. It includes the truly horrifying testimonials of Hagee’s followers [...]
Welcome to Swastika Acres
Posted in Current Events, Holocaust on March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Apparently the good folks at the Wesley Acres Methodist Retirement Home in Decatur, Alabama decided that they didn’t like the way their facility looked from above. (Can you guess why?)
According to a news report:
Wesley Acres provides housing for 117 low income pensioners over the age of 62 - most of whom have no [...]
Choosing Life
Posted in Holocaust, Judaism, Religion, Spirituality, Torah Commentary on September 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From this week’s Torah portion, Nitzavim:
I call upon heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life - if you and your offspring would live… (Deuteronomy 30:19-20)
From “Man’s Search for Meaning,” by Victor Frankl:
We who lived in concentration camps can remember [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
People You Should Know About: Khaled Kasab Mahameed
Posted in Holocaust, Human Rights, Iran, Israel, Palestine, People You Should Know About, Politics/Middle East, Religion on January 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In a previous post, I forwarded a bit of cynical humor regarding the recent Holocaust denial conference in Iran. Now I’d like to share with you one remarkable side story from that event which was not widely reported by the press.
Khaled Kasab Mahameed is an Israeli Arab lawyer who has opened a Holocaust memorial museum [...]
Shandeh for the Goyim Pt. 1
Posted in Holocaust, Iran, Israel, Politics/Middle East, Religion, Religion/Politics on December 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Ultra-orthodox Jews attending a Holocaust deniers conference in Iran? Yes, we’ve officially gone through the Jewish Lookingglass, folks. It’s a story only The Daily Show can cover properly - click here for their report…
You Shall Not Hate Your Kinfolk…
Posted in Africa, Genocide, Holocaust, Human Rights, Judaism, Religion, Rwanda, Torah Commentary, Yom Hashoah on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
You shall not hate your kinsfolk in your heart. Reprove your kin but incur no guilt on their account. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against members of your people. Love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Eternal. — Leviticus 19:17-18
As I read these famous verses from this week’s Torah portion [...]
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