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A Mosque at Ground Zero? What do you think?
By
Brad Hirschfield
This morning’s news carried a story of one Imam’s hope to build a $100 Million, 13 story mosque as part of the redevelopment of “Ground Zero” – the former site of New York’s Twin Towers in which thousands of people were murdered on 9/11. It’s hard to sort through the competing thoughts and emotions which…
Why I Support A National Day of Prayer, and What Troubles Me About This One
By
Brad Hirschfield
Prayer is good. I am not describing to whom it should be offered, or even if it is important that it be offered to some external being at all. I am not touching the issue of in whose name such prayers should be offered when they are shared in public at events like the National…
Whose Holocaust Is It?
By
Brad Hirschfield
April is over, and we have passed through the month of Genocide memorials — the Nazi Holocaust, the genocide in Armenia and the more recent one in Rwanda to name a few. The following article describes the challenge, and the benefit, of balancing the unique aspects of each with the universal issue of genocide. For…
Does Sholom Rubashikn Deserve a Life Sentence?
By
Brad Hirschfield
Apparently, Federal prosecutors in the case against the former CEO of Agriprocessors think so. Citing Mr. Rubashkin’s “blatant lawlessness, utter lack of remorse, his egregious and repeated attempts to obstruct justice,” they have asked Judge Linda R. Reade to impose a life sentence. While all of that may be true, can anyone honestly believe that…
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