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Finding Faith On Our Own Terms
By
Brad Hirschfield
I am traveling in Israel this week leading a group of American Jews committed to making the world a better place – a place of greater dignity for all people, a world in which Jews feel more deeply connected to each other, and a world in which they and others can find faith/religion/spirituality/meaning on their…
Sex with Enemies Okay According to Israeli Rabbi
By
Brad Hirschfield
No, it’s not a joke. Rabbi Ari Shvat has ruled that it is permissible for female agents of Israel’s spy service, Mossad, to use sex as a tool to fight terror. So-called “Honey Pot Sex” in which terrorists or potential terrorists are seduced not only into bed, but into divulging information about their own guilt,…
How Religious Are Israelis? How religious Are You?
By
Brad Hirschfield
Just-released polling data shows that when asked, only 42% of Israelis defined themselves as secular, and of those 82% conduct a Passover Seder and 24% attend synagogue services over Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur! What’s all this mean and why is it important? For starters, it suggests that the language we are offered by pollsters,…
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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