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What You Call Politics, We Call Torah

By Jewish Journal — 2017

Tell me this: can one really claim that Torah is not an inherently political document? - Sharon Brous

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A Seminary President on Finding Grace in the Age of Trump

The theologian Serene Jones, the first woman to head the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, is one of the most visible faces of a group that sometimes seems to have got lost in Donald Trump’s America: the religious left.

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How to Heal the Spiritual Pain of America

Over the past year, streams of commentaries have analyzed the ferocious and alarming combat marking this year’s presidential campaign. Few among them, however, include wide-ranging spiritual or theological accounts of what is transpiring.

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Far-Right Trump Backers Weaponized Christianity Against Democracy and Could Do It Again

In the waning days of 2020, Serene Jones came face to face with the white supremacist hate that fueled the deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6—and that poses the biggest security challenge to President Joe Biden.

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The Serpent and the Dove: Wisdom for Navigating the Future

Attempts at reconciliation are important, but we need to be very cautious because the word “reconciliation” is not stringent enough. The notion of reconciliation can easily continue the kind of comatose, fake inclusiveness that makes us vulnerable to deceit.

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What Was Albert Einstein’s True Relationship to Judaism—and Zionism?

By speaking out against anti-Semitism and lending his brand to institutions like the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Einstein became a standard-bearer for the Diaspora.

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'What Can We Do About Isis?’: How a Muslim Women’s Network Decided to Fight Terrorist Recruitment

Daisy Khan, founder of the Women's Islamic Initiative for Spirituality and Equality, writes about educating Muslims to resist the false promises made by ISIS.

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Reverend Resistance

Rev. William Barber II . . . is now the face of a progressive Christian protest movement that's taking its fight from North Carolina to the White House.

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Q&A with the Rev. William Barber, Building “Fusion Coalition” that Unites People Against Poverty

Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.

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‘There Is Not Some Separation Between Jesus and Justice.’ How Rev. William J. Barber II Uses His Faith to Fight for the Poor

Barber’s newsmaking actions were founded on the idea that being a person of faith means fighting for justice.

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Talking to Rachel Brathen, @Yoga_Girl, About Getting Political as a Wellness Guru

Why exactly is wellness considered so separate or distinct from politics anyway?

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Spirituality and Politics