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By Rabbi Arthur Waskow 3-07-2018. Print. The Lorraine Motel, in Memphis, Tenn., where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Pierre Jean Durieu / Shutterstock.com. The deepest roots of The Shalom Center's work to revitalize the deep connection between the Spirit and social justice were my weaving in 1968 and '69 a ...

Despite efforts like Netiya's, much of the Jewish community is just beginning to understand the potential behind Jewish environmentalism, said Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Philadelphia-based Shalom Center, which integrates political action with spiritual wisdom. Waskow has been a Jewish ...

Or you could have gone to the decidedly less fab midtown Hilton in Manhattan, where a thousand “leaders and future leaders,” ranging from the economist John Kenneth Galbraith to the peace activist Arthur Waskow, were invited to a conference by the Foreign Policy Association. For its fiftieth anniversary, ...

I first met Marcus Raskin on July 6, 1961, at his office in the Old Executive Office Building, where John F. Kennedy's National Security Council staff was housed. I was visiting the United States from Britain, where I taught—and served as resident American of the British New Left. We were introduced by my ...

... the World. Always, Marc kept pushing for the “why” beneath the “what.” He taught me that good politics was rooted in serious philosophy. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow. December 27, 2017. fb; tw; mail; Print; msg; wa; sms. Marc Raskin, a valued friend of the magazine, knew ideas needed to bear fruit in effective political action.

OCEAN CITY, NJ — To mark the 25th anniversary of International Human Rights Day, the South Jersey chapter of Amnesty International will host world-renowned peace, and justice activist, Rabbi Arthur Waskow at the Ocean City Free Public Library. Waskow, who got his PhD in U.S. history from the ...

Followed by a Q&A with the Director, Aviva Kemper, and special guests, Rabbi Arthur Waskow (Founder and Director of The Shalom Center), and Mr. John Jordan (Community Relations Chairperson of the Pennsylvania State NAACP). Introduced by Herman Beavers, Professor of English and Africana ...

To the Editor: Re “Trump, in Texas, Says His Goal Is the Best Relief Effort Ever” (news article, Aug. 30):. Visiting Texas in the midst of Hurricane Harvey, President Trump said: “We want to do it better than ever before. We want to be looked at in five years, in 10 years from now as, this is the way to do it.”.

This past Friday, Esther Ticktin died at the age of 91. One year ago, her husband, Rabbi Max Ticktin, died at age 94. For three generations of Hillel rabbis, university students and members of the havurah, or fellowship, movement, the Ticktins were a guide to Jewish learning, Jewish life and the Jewish ...

I recently took part in a meeting of multireligious leaders convened by Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center; he put us in the room with Peter Fiekowsky, who is a scientist, founder of the Healthy Climate Alliance, and a visionary of what he calls “Climate Restoration.” Fiekowsky says that with the ...

Arthur Waskow's book, The Bush Is Burning! Radical Judaism Faces the Pharaohs of the Modern Superstate presented a multi-issue response to current events from a perspective of prophetic Judaism. The chapter, Israel and Zion included the text from a sign-on statement, “The Liberation of Palestine and ...

Several weeks ago, the Hillel House at Ohio State University banned from its facilities and its funding an organization of GLBTQ students — B'nai Keshet. Why? B'nai Keshet had taken part in a coalition of student organizations working to support LGBTQ immigrants — a coalition that included Jewish Voice ...