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Atonement and Memory on the 70th Anniversary of WWII
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Brad Hirschfield
Seventy years ago this week, German gun boats began both their shelling of the Polish military base at Westerplatte and the Second World War began. Why we still have ceremonies marking this event and what they tell us about issues of atonement, forgiveness, and how we recall past pains, deserves a careful look, especially as…
Health Care Reform and Halakha (Jewish Law)
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Brad Hirschfield
Health-care reform is an economic, political and medical issue. But former Beliefnet blogger and political activist and evangelical leader Jim Wallis says it’s also a “deeply theological issue, a Biblical issue and a moral issue.” To the extent that he is correct, both he and we should proceed with extreme caution. The debate about health…
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