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Rosh Hashanah 2010, Why We All Need This One, Jewish or Not
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Brad Hirschfield
The Jewish holidays are not only for Jews. Of course they are Jewish and they do play a critical role in constituting the Jewish people, but Jewish holidays, at least the biblical ones, are not only about that. Rosh Hashanah especially, celebrates the most basic human quest — the quest to make our lives richer,…
Conscientious Objection to War by American Muslims and Israeli Jews
By
Brad Hirschfield
Pfc. Naser Abdo, a Muslim soldier from Texas, is a 20-year-old infantryman assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. He filed for conscientious objector status in June because he believes that his faith and the military simply don’t mix. The Army has deferred his scheduled deployment to Afghanistan and he awaits an…
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