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Celebrating Jerusalem, In Its Glory and In Its Madness
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Brad Hirschfield
As Jerusalem Day begins, I share these reflections on the holy city – what it means and what it has meant to different people and different traditions. Like the city itself, the various comments both compliment and contradict each other. My personal reflections for this Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, will be posted later. “For three…
Memorial Day 2011, A Biblical Approach
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Brad Hirschfield
Millions of Americans will head to beaches and barbecues this Memorial Day weekend, perhaps even hundreds of millions, while only hundreds of thousands are likely to attend formal Memorial Day observances devoted to remembering the men and women who have given their lives so that the rest of us could live in safety and have…
Is Circumcision Really So Awful?
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Brad Hirschfield
First San Francisco, now Santa Monica — the attempt to make circumcision illegal, including those performed for religious reasons, is spreading. Both cities, one last week and the other just today, have movements to get measures on their respective city’s November ballots which would make circumcision illegal. While these are the two most aggressive attempts…
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Heroic Fall
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Brad Hirschfield
Having has been known as The Terminator and as The Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger is now being called by some, The Inseminator. By whatever name he goes however, he is clearly a hero in the classic sense of the word. His is the story of a powerful man brought low by sexual impropriety – a classic…
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