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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…
Madonna Visits Holy Land, Models Care of the Heart
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Brad Hirschfield
Almost immediately upon her arrival in Israel, Madonna traveled to the Old City in Jerusalem and headed directly to the Kotel, the Western Wall. Perhaps the most significant thing is that the grand mistress of all things PR-related did not say a word to the hordes of reporters gathered around her. She prayed for about…
Avoiding the Deaths of Another 6 Million
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Brad Hirschfield
What if you were told seventy years ago that Hitler was planning a holocaust that would include the deaths of 6 million Jews, simply because they were Jewish? If it was within your power to keep that from happening, would you? The answer may seem obvious, but 6 million more will die in the coming…
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