Justice in the City http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/ en webmaster@jewishjournal.com Copyright 2013 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:30 +0000 Revelations and Revolutions: Thinking about Shavuot http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/revelations_and_revolutions_thinking_about_shavuot http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/revelations_and_revolutions_thinking_about_shavuot#When:15:40:30Z Related Entries ]]> Mobile, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Religion, Latest Blogs, Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:30 +0000 Choose Life: The New Right to Life Movement http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/choose_life_the_new_right_to_life_movement http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/choose_life_the_new_right_to_life_movement#When:02:16:12Z Related Entries ]]> Mobile, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Nation, Religion, Latest Blogs, Wed, 08 May 2013 02:16:12 +0000 Some Information for David Suissa http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/some_information_for_david_suissa http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/some_information_for_david_suissa#When:00:22:09Z Mobile, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Religion, Latest Blogs, Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:22:09 +0000 Simple Things (Justice, Decency) http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/simple_things_justice_decency http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/simple_things_justice_decency#When:00:34:51Z Related Entries ]]> Mobile, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Nation, Latest Blogs, Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:34:51 +0000 The Second Amendment and the Golden Calf http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/the_second_amendment_and_the_golden_calf http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/the_second_amendment_and_the_golden_calf#When:20:24:09Z Mobile, Is Featured?, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Nation, Politics, Latest Blogs, Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:24:09 +0000 Super Pacs, Democracy, and This Imperfect Union http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/super_pacs_democracy_and_this_imperfect_union http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/super_pacs_democracy_and_this_imperfect_union#When:15:39:24Z Related Entries ]]> Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Nation, Latest Blogs, Top Blog Homepage, NAV Blogs, Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:39:24 +0000 Immigration and the scoundrels http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/immigration_and_the_scoundrels http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/immigration_and_the_scoundrels#When:13:52:34Z ]]> Mobile, newspulse, Mobile Sections, World, Latest Blogs, Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:52:34 +0000 Ban the Guns, Strengthen Democracy http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/ban_the_guns_strengthen_democracy http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/ban_the_guns_strengthen_democracy#When:18:34:25Z Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:34:25 +0000 Budgeting as a Moral Practice and Why I Support Proposition 30 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/budgeting_as_a_moral_practice_and_why_i_support_proposition_30 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/budgeting_as_a_moral_practice_and_why_i_support_proposition_30#When:04:23:51Z tzelem elohim. It is as if when one damages another's dignity one does harm to God.

Okay, let us assume that we all agree with this. How do we translate this into practice? How do we move the rhetorical statement to action—moral and legislative at once—which incorporates this understanding into the fabric of our polities, city, state and country?
]]> Mobile, newspulse, Mobile Sections, Los Angeles, Latest Blogs, Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:23:51 +0000 What is at stake?: Elections, budgets, ethics http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/what_is_at_stake_elections_budgets_ethics http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/what_is_at_stake_elections_budgets_ethics#When:18:45:52Z Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:45:52 +0000 Sacred Architecture, Holy Space: Thoughts about Sukkot http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/sacred_architecture_holy_space_thoughts_about_sukkot http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/sacred_architecture_holy_space_thoughts_about_sukkot#When:19:33:34Z Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:33:34 +0000 On Generosity and Justice http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/on_generosity_and_justice http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/on_generosity_and_justice#When:18:28:44Z
The second thing that we can learn is that this display of personal largesse and philanthropy reinforces the wisdom of the Rabbinic tradition which demands that poverty relief should be a function also of municipal institutions. ]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:28:44 +0000 Obamacare, SCOTUS and the monetization of our morals http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/obamacare_scotus_and_the_monetization_of_our_morals_20120702 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/obamacare_scotus_and_the_monetization_of_our_morals_20120702#When:23:55:41Z ]]> Mobile, Mobile-Homepage, Is Featured?, newspulse, Top Stories, Nation, Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:55:41 +0000 Should we be saying Kaddish for the Jewish Left? http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/should_we_be_saying_kaddish_for_the_jewish_left_20120613 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/should_we_be_saying_kaddish_for_the_jewish_left_20120613#When:16:19:09Z ]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:19:09 +0000 The “Jewish” Vote http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/the_jewish_vote_20120523 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/the_jewish_vote_20120523#When:01:16:56Z Thu, 24 May 2012 01:16:56 +0000 A Lack of Imagination is Dangerous: On Israel, Iran and ♥ http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/a_lack_of_imagination_is_dangerous_on_israel_iran_and_20120331 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/a_lack_of_imagination_is_dangerous_on_israel_iran_and_20120331#When:05:16:38Z press. Two Israelis, Roni Edry and Michal Tamir added a poster to their Facebook profile with this statement in bold colors: “Iranians, we will never bomb your country. We ♥ you.” Within days there were tens of thousands of “likes” on Facebook, messages from around the world, a new Facebook page and even hundreds of positive responses from Iran.

What to make of all this? All the messages seem rather sappy and simplistic. “We ♥ you” is not a foreign policy. It is not a negotiating position. It is not even an obvious claim on justice or morality. ]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:16:38 +0000 On Immigration and Holiness http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/on_immigration_and_holiness_20120304 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/on_immigration_and_holiness_20120304#When:08:59:41Z Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:59:41 +0000 Purim, Persia and … Ahmadinejad ? http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/purim_persia_and_ahmadinejad_20120229 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/purim_persia_and_ahmadinejad_20120229#When:23:32:17Z There is however a different reading of the Book of Esther which offers the Purim narrative as a darker story which poses a different set of questions. The key to the story is a statement by a Rabbi who lived centuries after the story might have happened, in the place that it was supposed to have happened—Persia.]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:32:17 +0000 Justice in the City: The Book is Here http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/justice_in_the_city_the_book_is_here_20120208 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/justice_in_the_city_the_book_is_here_20120208#When:17:21:42Z Mobile, Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:42 +0000 The Police Commissioner and the Policies of Paranoia http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/the_police_commissioner_and_the_policies_of_paranoia_201201251 http://www.jewishjournal.com/justice_in_the_city/item/the_police_commissioner_and_the_policies_of_paranoia_201201251#When:02:09:29Z Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:09:29 +0000