Category Archives: Politics

Gilad Shalit is freed!

Posted on October 18, 2011 by rabbisteinman

It is not a dream or a fantasy. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by a terrorist organization on the border with Gaza has been released after 1.940 days he has returned to Israeli soil. ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך … Continue reading →

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18 years ago I thought the world might be different

Posted on September 14, 2011 by rabbisteinman

Yesterday marked 18 years since Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat met on the White House lawn and signed the Oslo Peace Agreement. 18 years. I remember this day and my own excitement of what this might mean for the Middle … Continue reading →

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I’m worried. The kind where it is hard to sleep.

Posted on September 12, 2011 by rabbisteinman

I wasn’t going to post this yesterday. It didn’t seem right with all of the emotions people were felling about the events of September 11, 2001. I’ve written my own reactions and reflections before. I thought I’d posted them on … Continue reading →

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Go to the movies

Posted on August 31, 2011 by rabbisteinman

This whole blogging while being in school thing is not going very well. I apologize, loyal reader. I would like to pretend that the situation might improve but I want to remain realistic and focused upon my studies so I will … Continue reading →

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Which side are you on?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by rabbisteinman

Posting from Jerusalem seems to be harder than I thought. On Sunday morning, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, I joined Women of the Wall for morning services. In addition to being a prayer service, it was also an action in support of … Continue reading →

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Proud to be a Reform Jew

Posted on May 6, 2011 by rabbisteinman

I returned from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism‘s Consultation on Conscience and I have never been more proud to be an American. though there are lots of things always happening in the USA that are hard to stomach, … Continue reading →

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Important vote in Congress. Call now!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by rabbisteinman

The following is from the RAC.org. Please make the call! Anti-Choice Vote Tomorrow, Speak Up Now! The House of Representatives is voting on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3) on Wednesday, May 4! This dangerous bill, if … Continue reading →

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We need to accept each other

Posted on April 26, 2011 by rabbisteinman

This article appeared in the Canadian Jewish News last week (I couldn’t find an online version)

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Kind of a big ooops

Posted on April 4, 2011 by rabbisteinman

I hope that you are news savvy enough to have read the recent Washington Post editorial from Friday, April 1 (and this was no April Fools joke) in which Richard Goldstone stated: We know a lot more today about what … Continue reading →

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In Toronto on Sunday? Come to this!

Posted on January 10, 2011 by rabbisteinman

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