Recognized for his work as global teacher and religious leader with a deep commitment to pluralism, Rabbi Irwin Kula was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to promote the legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Through its many programs, the Foundation supports a culture of world peace and sustainability, offering a global vision for building harmony and justice by reconciliation, forgiveness, and ethical leadership, and to be included in its work is a great honor. For a brief description of Archbishop Tutu’s humanist philosophy, or "Ubuntu," in which he talks about how as a society we do not function alone—we are always in relation to each other, view:

Janet Kirchheimer was interviewed by Mike Sherwin:"What about poetry resonated with you so strongly? ‘I love the sharpness of it. I love the fact that you can use few words to say so much — how what’s on the page matters and how what’s not on the page matters.’..."

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By Mike Sherwin from St.LouisJewishLightOnline

"Mosab Yousef says that he ‘crossed all the red lines in (his) society’. While that may be true, the real story of this son of Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, who spent years spying for Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, is far more complex...."

"Pamphlets being handed out in some parts of Virginia tell women and girls, ‘even though nothing is showing, you’re being ungodly’. If that isn’t sufficiently obnoxious, the pamphlet goes on to tell them ‘Scripture tells us that... some rape victims would not have been raped if they had dressed properly. So can we really say they were innocent victims?’..."

"...Rabbi Kula wrote ‘Inglorious Basterds is far more than a Holocaust film or a WWII spaghetti western – all names that simply domesticate and tame the destabilizing and terribly unnerving truth of the film: that we human beings, however good we think we are, have within us the diabolical capacity with intention and justification to...’"

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, characterized as a self–confessed "radical pluralist" is interviewed by Rachael Kohn at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

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From ABC Radio National–Australia, The Spirit of Things, aired 12/21/2010

"He came, he apologized and he left. Does it matter? Why do we care?..."

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From Brad Hirschfield’s blog For God’s Sake in the Washington Post-Newsweek’s "On Faith" Column

"Rabbi Irwin Kula ... suggested that both sides need to look in a mirror. ‘They are just doing politics in religious drag’ ... meaning that both sides have existing political positions and they’re using religion to ‘prove’ that God is literally on their side... ‘All that this assures is that the other side will be offended. And people who are trying to figure out how to what to do with their lives in a moment of transition are turned away.’.."

"Perhaps the notion of a Jewish Valentine's Day sounds odd. After all, Valentine's Day combines the cultures of pagan Rome and early Christianity, so where does Judaism fit in? ..."

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From Windows & Doors, Brad Hirschfield’s daily blog on Beliefnet

"...I find this response entirely understandable, disturbing that it was said, and contrary to a powerful spiritual teaching from Jewish tradition about the emotions we attach to fighting against that which we think of as evil.
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From Windows & Doors, Brad Hirschfield’s daily blog on Beliefnet